diff --git a/spew/common.go b/spew/common.go
index 7c519ff..1be8ce9 100644
--- a/spew/common.go
+++ b/spew/common.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func printComplex(w io.Writer, c complex128, floatPrecision int) {
 	w.Write(closeParenBytes)
 }
 
-// printHexPtr outputs a uintptr formatted as hexidecimal with a leading '0x'
+// printHexPtr outputs a uintptr formatted as hexadecimal with a leading '0x'
 // prefix to Writer w.
 func printHexPtr(w io.Writer, p uintptr) {
 	// Null pointer.