diff --git a/src/net/fd_plan9.go b/src/net/fd_plan9.go
index ddadb6e5bc..38355e2458 100644
--- a/src/net/fd_plan9.go
+++ b/src/net/fd_plan9.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// Network file descritor.
+// Network file descriptor.
 type netFD struct {
 	// locking/lifetime of sysfd + serialize access to Read and Write methods
 	fdmu fdMutex