diff --git a/lynis b/lynis
index 0432d21d..2cfcbdf5 100755
--- a/lynis
+++ b/lynis
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     REPORT_version_major="1"; REPORT_version_minor="0"
     REPORT_version="${REPORT_version_major}.${REPORT_version_minor}"
 
-    DISPLAY_LANG=$LANG   # requiered by function Display to deal with multi-bytes characters.
+    DISPLAY_LANG=$LANG   # required by function Display to deal with multi-bytes characters.
 
 #
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