diff --git a/src/node_stdio.cc b/src/node_stdio.cc
index 2668bb03101..8a8c0b2611d 100644
--- a/src/node_stdio.cc
+++ b/src/node_stdio.cc
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int EnableRawMode(int fd) {
   raw.c_oflag |= (ONLCR);
   /* control modes - set 8 bit chars */
   raw.c_cflag |= (CS8);
-  /* local modes - choing off, canonical off, no extended functions,
+  /* local modes - echoing off, canonical off, no extended functions,
    * no signal chars (^Z,^C) */
   raw.c_lflag &= ~(ECHO | ICANON | IEXTEN | ISIG);
   /* control chars - set return condition: min number of bytes and timer.