diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index f1ac14a..d903c7b 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ void run_key_handler(const char *key, unsigned int mask)
 			f++;
 		}
 	}
-	/* drop user input events that occured while running the key handler */
+	/* drop user input events that occurred while running the key handler */
 	while (XCheckIfEvent(win.env.dpy, &dump, is_input_ev, NULL));
 
 end: