diff --git a/json_tokener.c b/json_tokener.c
index 4491cec..a6924a1 100644
--- a/json_tokener.c
+++ b/json_tokener.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ struct json_object* json_tokener_parse_ex(struct json_tokener *tok,
 	double  numd;
 	if (!tok->is_double && json_parse_int64(tok->pb->buf, &num64) == 0) {
 		if (num64 && tok->pb->buf[0]=='0' && (tok->flags & JSON_TOKENER_STRICT)) {
-			/* in strick mode, number must not start with 0 */
+			/* in strict mode, number must not start with 0 */
 			tok->err = json_tokener_error_parse_number;
 			goto out;
 		}