diff --git a/glib/gthreadpool.c b/glib/gthreadpool.c
index 5ffcc08e8..dad424dca 100644
--- a/glib/gthreadpool.c
+++ b/glib/gthreadpool.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ g_thread_pool_start_thread (GRealThreadPool  *pool,
  * @error can be %NULL to ignore errors, or non-%NULL to report
  * errors. An error can only occur when @exclusive is set to %TRUE
  * and not all @max_threads threads could be created.
- * See #GThreadError for possible errors that may occurr.
+ * See #GThreadError for possible errors that may occur.
  * Note, even in case of error a valid #GThreadPool is returned.
  *
  * Returns: the new #GThreadPool