diff --git a/include/simdjson/jsonstream.h b/include/simdjson/jsonstream.h
index b30ab0730..56962fec5 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/jsonstream.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/jsonstream.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace simdjson {
  * to a char* and to the number of bytes respectively.
  * The simdjson parser may read up to SIMDJSON_PADDING bytes beyond the end
  * of the string, so if you do not use a padded_string container,
- * you have the responsability to overallocated. If you fail to
+ * you have the responsability to overallocate. If you fail to
  * do so, your software may crash if you cross a page boundary,
  * and you should expect memory checkers to object.
  * Most users should use a simdjson::padded_string.