diff --git a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
index 5f0b0c107..255e33838 100644
--- a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
+++ b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
    * `T1_MAX_CHARSTRING_OPERANDS` is the charstring stack's capacity.  A
    * minimum of~16 is required.
    *
-   * The Chinese font 'MingTiEG-Medium' (coverting a CNS 11643 character set)
+   * The Chinese font 'MingTiEG-Medium' (covering a CNS 11643 character set)
    * needs 256.
    */
 #define T1_MAX_CHARSTRINGS_OPERANDS  256