diff --git a/src/slurmd/mgr.c b/src/slurmd/mgr.c
index f16d95174b72e131a4c6d6fccf133772537de6e3..d739256ec1031aa8a0f97d12f4c8ef0652c5ae1f 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/mgr.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ _create_job_session(slurmd_job_t *job)
 
 	/*
 	 * If the created job terminates immediately, the shared memory
-	 * record can be purged before we canset the mpid and sid below.
+	 * record can be purged before we can set the mpid and sid below.
 	 * This does not truly indicate an error condition, but a rare 
 	 * timing anomaly. Thus we log the event using debug()
 	 */