diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index 797e0bd0b14cbd..2b8549e5f19376 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ static struct stream_filter *ident_filter(const struct object_id *oid)
  * the contents cannot be filtered without reading the whole thing
  * in-core.
  *
- * Note that you would be crazy to set CRLF, smuge/clean or ident to a
+ * Note that you would be crazy to set CRLF, smudge/clean or ident to a
  * large binary blob you would want us not to slurp into the memory!
  */
 struct stream_filter *get_stream_filter(const struct index_state *istate,