diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/decl.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/decl.go
index fd9a90e1ae3..8c3a446ad46 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/decl.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/decl.go
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ func (check *Checker) varDecl(obj *Var, lhs []*Var, typ, init syntax.Expr) {
 		// if any, would not be checked.
 		//
 		// TODO(gri) If we have no init expr, we should distribute
-		// a given type otherwise we need to re-evalate the type
+		// a given type otherwise we need to re-evaluate the type
 		// expr for each lhs variable, leading to duplicate work.
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/go/types/decl.go b/src/go/types/decl.go
index 3994d1650f6..bed066ac901 100644
--- a/src/go/types/decl.go
+++ b/src/go/types/decl.go
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ func (check *Checker) varDecl(obj *Var, lhs []*Var, typ, init ast.Expr) {
 		// if any, would not be checked.
 		//
 		// TODO(gri) If we have no init expr, we should distribute
-		// a given type otherwise we need to re-evalate the type
+		// a given type otherwise we need to re-evaluate the type
 		// expr for each lhs variable, leading to duplicate work.
 	}