diff --git a/lib/pure/parseopt2.nim b/lib/pure/parseopt2.nim
index 2e8dbe1402..a2ff9bf0c0 100644
--- a/lib/pure/parseopt2.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/parseopt2.nim
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type
     cmd: seq[string]
     pos: int
     remainingShortOptions: string
-    kind*: CmdLineKind        ## the dected command line token
+    kind*: CmdLineKind        ## the detected command line token
     key*, val*: TaintedString ## key and value pair; ``key`` is the option
                               ## or the argument, ``value`` is not "" if
                               ## the option was given a value