diff --git a/include/event2/event.h b/include/event2/event.h
index a95b5b9d..1e106f76 100644
--- a/include/event2/event.h
+++ b/include/event2/event.h
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ struct event
  * There are many options that can be used to alter the behavior and
  * implementation of an event_base.  To avoid having to pass them all in a
  * complex many-argument constructor, we provide an abstract data type
- * wrhere you set up configation information before passing it to
+ * where you set up configation information before passing it to
  * event_base_new_with_config().
  *
  * @see event_config_new(), event_config_free(), event_base_new_with_config(),