diff --git a/rmw/include/rmw/types.h b/rmw/include/rmw/types.h
index 6cb3b36f..9b1853e7 100644
--- a/rmw/include/rmw/types.h
+++ b/rmw/include/rmw/types.h
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ typedef struct RMW_PUBLIC_TYPE rmw_message_info_s
   /**
    * This sequence number is set by the subscription regardless of which
    * publish sent the message.
-   * For long running applications, the sequence number might wrap arround at some point.
+   * For long running applications, the sequence number might wrap around at some point.
    *
    * If the rmw implementation doesn't support sequence numbers, it's value will be
    * RMW_MESSAGE_INFO_SEQUENCE_NUMBER_UNSUPPORTED.