diff --git a/examples/ostest/sighand.c b/examples/ostest/sighand.c
index 32b182c21..ea9775e01 100644
--- a/examples/ostest/sighand.c
+++ b/examples/ostest/sighand.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static void death_of_child(int signo, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext)
 {
   /* Use of printf in a signal handler is NOT safe! It can cause deadlocks!
    * Also, signals are not queued by NuttX.  As a consequence, some
-   * notifications will get lost (or the info data can be overwrittedn)! 
+   * notifications will get lost (or the info data can be overwrittedn)!
    * Because POSIX  does not require signals to be queued, I do not think
    * that this is a bug (the overwriting is a bug, however).
    */