diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index 71cdf12d6..ff9419325 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ func getGitVersion() (string, error) {
 	v0 := string(bs)
 
 	// To be more semantic-versionish and ensure proper ordering in our
-	// upgrade process, we make sure there's only one hypen in the version.
+	// upgrade process, we make sure there's only one hyphen in the version.
 
 	versionRe := regexp.MustCompile(`-([0-9]{1,3}-g[0-9a-f]{5,10}(-dirty)?)`)
 	if m := versionRe.FindStringSubmatch(vcur); len(m) > 0 {