diff --git a/getssl b/getssl
index 944d44c..53aba49 100755
--- a/getssl
+++ b/getssl
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ else
   create_key "$ACCOUNT_KEY_TYPE" "$ACCOUNT_KEY" "$ACCOUNT_KEY_LENGTH"
 fi
 
-# if not reusing priavte key, then remove the old keys
+# if not reusing private key, then remove the old keys
 if [[ "$REUSE_PRIVATE_KEY" != "true" ]]; then
   if [[ -s "$DOMAIN_DIR/${DOMAIN}.key" ]]; then
    rm -f "$DOMAIN_DIR/${DOMAIN}.key"