diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 65092249d55..454d28aafbc 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
     var _unloadAsyncQueue = tracing._unloadAsyncQueue;
 
     // This tickInfo thing is used so that the C++ code in src/node.cc
-    // can have easy accesss to our nextTick state, and avoid unnecessary
+    // can have easy access to our nextTick state, and avoid unnecessary
     var tickInfo = {};
 
     // *Must* match Environment::TickInfo::Fields in src/env.h.