diff --git a/src/common/gui/SurgeGUIEditor.cpp b/src/common/gui/SurgeGUIEditor.cpp
index cc80dd9fd99..eea3c50b911 100644
--- a/src/common/gui/SurgeGUIEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/common/gui/SurgeGUIEditor.cpp
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ int32_t SurgeGUIEditor::controlModifierClicked(CControl* control, CButtonState b
              
              contextMenu->addEntry("-", eid++);
              
-             // Construct submenus for expicit controller mapping
+             // Construct submenus for explicit controller mapping
              COptionMenu *midiSub = new COptionMenu(menuRect, 0, 0, 0, 0, VSTGUI::COptionMenu::kNoDrawStyle);
              COptionMenu *currentSub;
              for( int mc = 0; mc < 128; ++mc )