diff --git a/uui/source/iahndl.cxx b/uui/source/iahndl.cxx
index 7bee920262cf..f3a801a47c0c 100644
--- a/uui/source/iahndl.cxx
+++ b/uui/source/iahndl.cxx
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ executeMessageBox(
 
         if (pDefaultParent)
         {
-            // need to 'Show' to have the following tasks do someting, does
+            // need to 'Show' to have the following tasks do something, does
             // not work without and may even stumble on nullptrs/errors
             xBox->Show();