diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
index 26471b0df3f..ae5ec61520d 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 ;; NOTE: The xref API is still experimental and can change in major,
 ;; backward-incompatible ways.  Everyone is encouraged to try it, and
-;; report to us any problems or use cases we hadn't anticiated, by
+;; report to us any problems or use cases we hadn't anticipated, by
 ;; sending an email to emacs-devel, or `M-x report-emacs-bug'.
 ;;
 ;; This file provides a somewhat generic infrastructure for cross