diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/String.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/String.hs
index 389c6d2fb..2e259e13f 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/String.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/String.hs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ rstrip = reverse . lstrip . reverse
 chomp :: String -> String
 chomp = reverse . dropWhile (`elem` "\r\n") . reverse
 
--- | Remove consequtive line breaks, replacing them with single space
+-- | Remove consecutive line breaks, replacing them with single space
 singleline :: String -> String
 singleline = unwords . filter (/="") . (map strip) . lines