diff --git a/clutter/clutter-deform-effect.c b/clutter/clutter-deform-effect.c
index 5720db7aa..f90e70a93 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-deform-effect.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-deform-effect.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  * #ClutterDeformEffect uses offscreen buffers to render the contents of
  * a #ClutterActor and then the Cogl vertex buffers API to submit the
- * geomtry to the GPU.
+ * geometry to the GPU.
  *
  * <refsect2>
  *   <title>Implementing ClutterDeformEffect</title>