diff --git a/lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp b/lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp
index 00e857d..314d6e4 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 }
 
 /// getDependency - Return the instruction on which a memory operation
-/// depends.  The local paramter indicates if the query should only
+/// depends.  The local parameter indicates if the query should only
 /// evaluate dependencies within the same basic block.
 Instruction* MemoryDependenceAnalysis::getDependency(Instruction* query,
                                                      Instruction* start,