diff --git a/gmodule/gmodule.c b/gmodule/gmodule.c
index 497881782..744abe0ac 100644
--- a/gmodule/gmodule.c
+++ b/gmodule/gmodule.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static GRecMutex g_module_global_lock;
  * archive) it tries to open the corresponding module. If that fails
  * and it doesn't have the proper module suffix for the platform
  * (#G_MODULE_SUFFIX), this suffix will be appended and the corresponding
- * module will be opended. If that fails and @file_name doesn't have the
+ * module will be opened. If that fails and @file_name doesn't have the
  * ".la"-suffix, this suffix is appended and g_module_open() tries to open
  * the corresponding module. If eventually that fails as well, %NULL is
  * returned.