diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
index f9dd4b1be2..9fc66c8753 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
@@ -3745,7 +3745,7 @@ nm_utils_is_valid_iface_name (const char *name, GError **error)
  *
  * Validate the network interface name.
  *
- * Deprecated: 1.6: use nm_utils_is_valid_iface_name() insteead, with better error reporting.
+ * Deprecated: 1.6: use nm_utils_is_valid_iface_name() instead, with better error reporting.
  *
  * Returns: %TRUE if interface name is valid, otherwise %FALSE is returned.
  */