diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/bcrypt/bcrypt.go b/src/pkg/crypto/bcrypt/bcrypt.go
index 97401356228..362b2eb53cb 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/bcrypt/bcrypt.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/bcrypt/bcrypt.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Package bcrypt implements Provos and Mazières's bcrypt adapative hashing
+// Package bcrypt implements Provos and Mazières's bcrypt adaptive hashing
 // algorithm. See http://www.usenix.org/event/usenix99/provos/provos.pdf
 package bcrypt