diff --git a/src/liballoc/arc.rs b/src/liballoc/arc.rs
index 024d64cc83827..2a47fd29bd653 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/arc.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/arc.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T> {
                reason = "Weak pointers may not belong in this module.")]
     pub fn downgrade(&self) -> Weak<T> {
         loop {
-            // This Relaaxed is OK because we're checking the value in the CAS
+            // This Relaxed is OK because we're checking the value in the CAS
             // below.
             let cur = self.inner().weak.load(Relaxed);