diff --git a/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp b/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp
index 42b5ba6c..fbbf0559 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(DeviceEnumerator)
  * names can be added as match criteria.
  *
  * Pipeline handlers are recommended to add entities to DeviceMatch as
- * appropriare to ensure that the media device they need can be uniquely
+ * appropriate to ensure that the media device they need can be uniquely
  * identified. This is useful when the corresponding kernel driver can produce
  * different graphs, for instance as a result of different driver versions or
  * hardware configurations, and not all those graphs are suitable for a pipeline