diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c
index e002b96e..4fa8e4c9 100644
--- a/screen.c
+++ b/screen.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ screen_resize_x(struct screen *s, u_int sx)
 	/*
 	 * Treat resizing horizontally simply: just ensure the cursor is
 	 * on-screen and change the size. Don't bother to truncate any lines -
-	 * then the data should be accessible if the size is then incrased.
+	 * then the data should be accessible if the size is then increased.
 	 *
 	 * The only potential wrinkle is if UTF-8 double-width characters are
 	 * left in the last column, but UTF-8 terminals should deal with this