diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c
index 862b5e5f767..a43b5cb8187 100644
--- a/src/coding.c
+++ b/src/coding.c
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ emacs_mule_char (coding, src, nbytes, nchars, id)
     {
       if (c >= 0xA0)
 	{
-	  /* Old style component character of a compostion.  */
+	  /* Old style component character of a composition.  */
 	  if (c == 0xA0)
 	    {
 	      ONE_MORE_BYTE (c);