1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 4629de2092..266112ca61 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -4464,7 +4464,7 @@ void diff_flush(struct diff_options *options)
 	    DIFF_OPT_TST(options, DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS)) {
 		/*
 		 * run diff_flush_patch for the exit status. setting
-		 * options->file to /dev/null should be safe, becaue we
+		 * options->file to /dev/null should be safe, because we
 		 * aren't supposed to produce any output anyway.
 		 */
 		if (options->close_file)