diff --git a/src/lib/log/log.c b/src/lib/log/log.c
index f0f4182b7d..5f8de619a4 100644
--- a/src/lib/log/log.c
+++ b/src/lib/log/log.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ tor_log_get_logfile_names(smartlist_t *out)
/** Implementation of the log_fn backend, used when we have
* variadic macros. All arguments are as for log_fn, except for
- * fn, which is the name of the calling functions. */
+ * fn, which is the name of the calling function. */
void
log_fn_(int severity, log_domain_mask_t domain, const char *fn,
const char *format, ...)