diff --git a/src/util-mem.h b/src/util-mem.h
index 2b1643e..59a4156 100644
--- a/src/util-mem.h
+++ b/src/util-mem.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ xalloc(size_t size)
 {
 	void *p;
 
-	/* We never need to alloc anything more than 1,5 MB so we can assume
+	/* We never need to alloc anything more than 1.5 MB so we can assume
 	 * if we ever get above that something's going wrong */
 	if (size > 1536 * 1024)
 		assert(!"bug: internal malloc size limit exceeded");