diff --git a/src/exec.h b/src/exec.h
index 70046674b..e4c0ea119 100644
--- a/src/exec.h
+++ b/src/exec.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define PIPE_ERROR _(L"An error occurred while setting up pipe")
 
 /// Execute the processes specified by \p j in the parser \p.
-/// On a true return, the job was successfully launched and hte parser will take responsibility for
+/// On a true return, the job was successfully launched and the parser will take responsibility for
 /// cleaning it up. On a false return, the job could not be launched and the caller must clean it
 /// up.
 __warn_unused bool exec_job(parser_t &parser, const std::shared_ptr<job_t> &j,