diff --git a/src/xspice/icm/dlmain.c b/src/xspice/icm/dlmain.c
index 6c93d4c4b..b86839e34 100644
--- a/src/xspice/icm/dlmain.c
+++ b/src/xspice/icm/dlmain.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ FILE *fopen_with_path(const char *path, const char *mode)
 {
     FILE *fp;
 
-    if((path[0] != '/') && (path[1] != ':')) { /* path absolue (probably) */
+    if((path[0] != '/') && (path[1] != ':')) { /* path is (probably) not absolute */
 //        const char *x = getenv("ngspice_vpath");
         const char *x = cm_get_path();
         if (x) {