diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index faac4b1..0b6002b 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
     # instruction or the addiu one. herein, we record the address of the
     # first one, and then we can replace this instruction by a branch
     # instruction to jump over the profiling function to filter the
-    # indicated functions, or swith back to the lui instruction to trace
+    # indicated functions, or switch back to the lui instruction to trace
     # them, which means dynamic tracing.
     #
     #       c:	3c030000 	lui	v1,0x0