diff --git a/src/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index 87d4fd7d..45016b04 100644
--- a/src/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ TQApplication::~TQApplication()
     tqt_desktopWidget = 0;
     is_app_closing = TRUE;
 
-    // Due to hacks to spead up TQStyle engine (see git hash 523c1fd99) TQObjects now contain a
+    // Due to hacks to speed up TQStyle engine (see git hash 523c1fd99) TQObjects now contain a
     // reference to TQStyleControlElementData object which among other contain TQFont members.
     // But for a proper cleanup all fonts should be destroyed before disconnecting from X11 (in
     // tqt_cleanup()). So we will have to cleanup up the data explicitly.