diff --git a/openup b/openup
index a8def99..2f5953c 100755
--- a/openup
+++ b/openup
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ check_openupd() {
 
 # check that we have no installed binpatches from a previous release and
 # if so remove the entries manually (we don't want pkg_delete to
-# nodify nor error out on installed files from newer release/binpatch)
+# modify nor error out on installed files from newer release/binpatch)
 rm_old_bp() {
 	local _bp
 	local _BPDB=$(ls -d /var/db/binpatch/[0-9]* |grep -v ${_REL})