diff --git a/py/makeqstrdata.py b/py/makeqstrdata.py
index 234e65d46f..8100842b4c 100644
--- a/py/makeqstrdata.py
+++ b/py/makeqstrdata.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def do_work(infiles):
     cfg_bytes_hash = int(qcfgs['BYTES_IN_HASH'])
     cfg_max_len = 1 << (8 * cfg_bytes_len)
 
-    # print out the starte of the generated C header file
+    # print out the starter of the generated C header file
     print('// This file was automatically generated by makeqstrdata.py')
     print('')