diff --git a/lib/crc32.c b/lib/crc32.c
index d2c2f25..49d1c9e 100644
--- a/lib/crc32.c
+++ b/lib/crc32.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
  * but again the multiple of the polynomial to subtract depends only on
  * the high bits, the high 8 bits in this case.  
  *
- * The multile we need in that case is the low 32 bits of a 40-bit
+ * The multiple we need in that case is the low 32 bits of a 40-bit
  * value whose high 8 bits are given, and which is a multiple of the
  * generator polynomial.  This is simply the CRC-32 of the given
  * one-byte message.