1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/mknod.c b/coreutils/mknod.c
index 7cc478f17..8ca511cd5 100644
--- a/coreutils/mknod.c
+++ b/coreutils/mknod.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int mknod_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
                 dev = 0;
                 if ((*name != 'p') && ((argc -= 2) == 2)) {
-                        /* Autodetect what the system supports; thexe macros should
+                        /* Autodetect what the system supports; these macros should
                          * optimize out to two constants. */
                         dev = makedev(xatoul_range(argv[2], 0, major(UINT_MAX)),
                                       xatoul_range(argv[3], 0, minor(UINT_MAX)));