diff --git a/graf2d/qt/src/TGQt.cxx b/graf2d/qt/src/TGQt.cxx
index 5b21261e6a3ef7f20c72375a92dc97f237bd6140..1c2f31693af3fe4d0fd159c7c656c126a5dcef6a 100644
--- a/graf2d/qt/src/TGQt.cxx
+++ b/graf2d/qt/src/TGQt.cxx
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ Bool_t TGQt::Init(void* /*display*/)
    fMarkerStyle = -1;
 
    //
-   // Retrieve the applicaiton instance
+   // Retrieve the application instance
    //
 
    // --   fHInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL);