diff --git a/src/hb-ot-font.cc b/src/hb-ot-font.cc
index 20b09df52..94a9fdc47 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-font.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-font.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  * @short_description: OpenType font implementation
  * @include: hb-ot.h
  *
- * Functions for using OpenType fonts with hb_shape().  Not that fonts returned
+ * Functions for using OpenType fonts with hb_shape().  Note that fonts returned
  * by hb_font_create() default to using these functions, so most clients would
  * never need to call these functions directly.
  **/