diff --git a/contrib/pg_walinspect/pg_walinspect.c b/contrib/pg_walinspect/pg_walinspect.c
index 58afa1ab1c2..bf38863ff16 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_walinspect/pg_walinspect.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_walinspect/pg_walinspect.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ InitXLogReaderState(XLogRecPtr lsn, XLogRecPtr *first_record)
 	XLogReaderState *xlogreader;
 
 	/*
-	 * Reading WAL below the first page of the first sgements isn't allowed.
+	 * Reading WAL below the first page of the first segments isn't allowed.
 	 * This is a bootstrap WAL page and the page_read callback fails to read
 	 * it.
 	 */