diff --git a/lib/_tls_common.js b/lib/_tls_common.js
index 2f0b17b111a420..afcc5bc5fa2f96 100644
--- a/lib/_tls_common.js
+++ b/lib/_tls_common.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ exports.createSecureContext = function createSecureContext(options, context) {
   }
 
   // NOTE: It is important to set the key after the cert.
-  // `ssl_set_pkey` returns `0` when the key does not much the cert, but
+  // `ssl_set_pkey` returns `0` when the key does not match the cert, but
   // `ssl_set_cert` returns `1` and nullifies the key in the SSL structure
   // which leads to the crash later on.
   if (options.key) {