diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
index ee33c3aaa2fc..a6e2f75447f1 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
  *	PCI pin -> global system interrupt (GSI) -> IA-64 vector <-> IRQ
  *
  * Note: The term "IRQ" is loosely used everywhere in Linux kernel to
- * describeinterrupts.  Now we use "IRQ" only for Linux IRQ's.  ISA IRQ
+ * describe interrupts.  Now we use "IRQ" only for Linux IRQ's.  ISA IRQ
  * (isa_irq) is the only exception in this source code.
  */