diff --git a/lib/list_sort.c b/lib/list_sort.c
index a926d96ffd44..1e1e37762799 100644
--- a/lib/list_sort.c
+++ b/lib/list_sort.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void merge_final(void *priv, list_cmp_func_t cmp, struct list_head *head,
  *
  *
  * The merging is controlled by "count", the number of elements in the
- * pending lists.  This is beautiully simple code, but rather subtle.
+ * pending lists.  This is beautifully simple code, but rather subtle.
  *
  * Each time we increment "count", we set one bit (bit k) and clear
  * bits k-1 .. 0.  Each time this happens (except the very first time