diff --git a/core/metautils/src/TMetaUtils.cxx b/core/metautils/src/TMetaUtils.cxx
index 7a3073c4c59be41e65f553f0018f52e7819216e7..fa6da451eaa7d76068f9b72f381e8d9f58b768bc 100644
--- a/core/metautils/src/TMetaUtils.cxx
+++ b/core/metautils/src/TMetaUtils.cxx
@@ -2647,7 +2647,7 @@ clang::RecordDecl *ROOT::TMetaUtils::GetUnderlyingRecordDecl(clang::QualType typ
    const clang::Type *rawtype = ROOT::TMetaUtils::GetUnderlyingType(type);
 
    if (rawtype->isFundamentalType() || rawtype->isEnumeralType()) {
-      // not an ojbect.
+      // not an object.
       return 0;
    }
    return rawtype->getAsCXXRecordDecl();