diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index 359503e9e1..9b0f00c7be 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ (define-public kicad
                "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON"
                "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON"
                "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON"
-               ;; Has to be set explicitely, as we don't have the wxPython
+               ;; Has to be set explicitly, as we don't have the wxPython
                ;; headers in the wxwidgets store item, but in wxPython.
                (string-append "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-I"
                               (assoc-ref %build-inputs "wxpython")