diff --git a/include/asterisk/event.h b/include/asterisk/event.h
index 86d3358fc7..27d1f4a0a1 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/event.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/event.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * Events have an associated event type, as well as information elements.  The
  * information elements are the meta data that go along with each event.  For
  * example, in the case of message waiting indication, the event type is MWI,
- * and each MWI event containts at least three information elements: the
+ * and each MWI event contains at least three information elements: the
  * mailbox, the number of new messages, and the number of old messages.
  *
  * Subscriptions to events consist of an event type and information elements,