diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping6.c b/sbin/ping/ping6.c
index e780129c928d..74d36f0357f8 100644
--- a/sbin/ping/ping6.c
+++ b/sbin/ping/ping6.c
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ mynireply(const struct icmp6_nodeinfo *nip)
  *
  * Return value:
  *   Pointer to an octet immediately following the ending zero octet
- *   of the decoded label, or NULL if an error occured.
+ *   of the decoded label, or NULL if an error occurred.
  */
 static const char *
 dnsdecode(const u_char *sp, const u_char *ep, const u_char *base, char *buf,