diff --git a/request/request.go b/request/request.go
index 1448cad65..0ce34816c 100644
--- a/request/request.go
+++ b/request/request.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func (r *Request) Scrub(reply *dns.Msg) *dns.Msg {
 		// Last ditch attempt to avoid fragmentation, if the size is bigger than the v4/v6 UDP fragmentation
 		// limit and sent via UDP compress it (in the hope we go under that limit). Limits taken from NSD:
 		//
-		//    .., 1480 (EDNS/IPv4), 1220 (EDNS/IPv6), or the advertized EDNS buffer size if that is
+		//    .., 1480 (EDNS/IPv4), 1220 (EDNS/IPv6), or the advertised EDNS buffer size if that is
 		//    smaller than the EDNS default.
 		// See: https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2011-November/001278.html
 		if rl > 1480 && r.Family() == 1 {