diff --git a/src/cell.h b/src/cell.h
index b8f13fb7f05b89cbb2b22da9171928b4dc0d2d2a..848e158bbdce0c9a01a4dbb397546f73ecb40b4d 100644
--- a/src/cell.h
+++ b/src/cell.h
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ int cell_can_use_pair_mm_rebuild(const struct cell *ci, const struct cell *cj,
                                  const struct engine *e, const struct space *s);
 
 /**
- * @brief Compute the sqaure of the minimal distance between any two points in
+ * @brief Compute the square of the minimal distance between any two points in
  * two cells of the same size
  *
  * @param ci The first #cell.