diff --git a/src/tools/qml/qmlobserver/main.cpp b/src/tools/qml/qmlobserver/main.cpp
index dde45aaaa94fdbb08c2dbdc2f6e5235b7b258f77..f04640d970eb8b53f22833aa88f793be17e442bc 100644
--- a/src/tools/qml/qmlobserver/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qml/qmlobserver/main.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 
 #if defined (Q_OS_WIN)
     // Debugging output is not visible by default on Windows -
-    // therefore show modal dialog with errors instad.
+    // therefore show modal dialog with errors instead.
     atexit(showWarnings);
 #endif