diff --git a/src/slurmctld/agent.c b/src/slurmctld/agent.c
index 077b14b6f9138a938dc59dbab24715e8facd20e9..95af1fcb328adc0ee741e77b262257d2dbca5c45 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/agent.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/agent.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ static void _list_delete_retry(void *retry_entry)
  * agent_retry - Agent for retrying pending RPCs. One pending request is
  *	issued if it has been pending for at least min_wait seconds
  * IN min_wait - Minimum wait time between re-issue of a pending RPC
- * IN mai_too - Send pending email too, note this performed using a
+ * IN mail_too - Send pending email too, note this performed using a
  *	fork/waitpid, so it can take longer than just creating  a pthread
  *	to send RPCs
  * RET count of queued requests remaining
diff --git a/src/slurmctld/agent.h b/src/slurmctld/agent.h
index 6173d19edd23b5209c5c89fa5e4ecc09721c5973..cc2da5b82c80baa2b91624e1ab0a610a543c3799 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/agent.h
+++ b/src/slurmctld/agent.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ extern void agent_queue_request(agent_arg_t *agent_arg_ptr);
  * agent_retry - Agent for retrying pending RPCs. One pending request is
  *	issued if it has been pending for at least min_wait seconds
  * IN min_wait - Minimum wait time between re-issue of a pending RPC
- * IN mai_too - Send pending email too, note this performed using a
+ * IN mail_too - Send pending email too, note this performed using a
  *		fork/waitpid, so it can take longer than just creating
  *		a pthread to send RPCs
  * RET count of queued requests remaining