diff --git a/src/runtime/map.go b/src/runtime/map.go
index e456c32556..399c1b071f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/map.go
+++ b/src/runtime/map.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const (
 	bucketCnt     = 1 << bucketCntBits
 
 	// Maximum average load of a bucket that triggers growth is 6.5.
-	// Represent as loadFactorNum/loadFactDen, to allow integer math.
+	// Represent as loadFactorNum/loadFactorDen, to allow integer math.
 	loadFactorNum = 13
 	loadFactorDen = 2