diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/mod.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/mod.rs
index 51ab2054b3beb..1423e7ea8d10c 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ptr/mod.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ptr/mod.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 // ^ we use this term instead of saying that the produced reference must
 // be valid, as the validity of a reference is easily confused for the
 // validity of the thing it refers to, and while the two concepts are
-// closly related, they are not identical.
+// closely related, they are not identical.
 //!
 //! These rules apply even if the result is unused!
 //! (The part about being initialized is not yet fully decided, but until