diff --git a/sal/osl/all/utility.cxx b/sal/osl/all/utility.cxx
index 20ae1a41f695..98bc12f47090 100644
--- a/sal/osl/all/utility.cxx
+++ b/sal/osl/all/utility.cxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /*
  *   mfe : maybe it would be wishful to include initialization
  *         of the global timer in dllmain or _init directly.
- *         But noneoftheless this (should) work too.
+ *         But none the less this (should) work too.
  */
 namespace osl
 {