diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 3833beeef3..6de7921796 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@ sub descramble
     );
     my ($str) = @_;
 
-    # This should never happen, the same password format (A) bas been
+    # This should never happen, the same password format (A) has been
     # used by CVS since the beginning of time
     die "invalid password format $1" unless substr($str, 0, 1) eq 'A';