diff --git a/etc/slurm.conf.example b/etc/slurm.conf.example
index 2558c511c03263c4ee41c38131317fd9e4c5e95e..0ca9ffed9a6b3b1b844f19adee79af58c9ff6a1d 100644
--- a/etc/slurm.conf.example
+++ b/etc/slurm.conf.example
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 
 
 #
-# o Defile location where job completion logs are to be written
+# o Define location where job completion logs are to be written
 #   Interpretation of the parameter is dependent upon the logging 
 #   mechanism used (specified by the JobCompType parameter). For
 #   "JobCompType=jobcomp/filetxt" the value of JobCompLoc should