diff --git a/bstring/bstrlib.c b/bstring/bstrlib.c
index 44ca488..500eb1f 100644
--- a/bstring/bstrlib.c
+++ b/bstring/bstrlib.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ balloc(bstring b, int olen)
 retry:
 			x = realloc(b->data, len);
 			if (x == NULL) {
-				/* Since we failed, try mallocating the tighest
+				/* Since we failed, try mallocating the tightest
 				 * possible mallocation
 				 */
 				len = olen;