diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/Spooky.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/Spooky.scala
index c6008cf61a..467d55cd20 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/Spooky.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/Spooky.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package tests
   * Class for spooky side-effects and action-at-a-distance.
   *
   * It is basically a mutable counter that can be used to measure how
-  * many times an otherwise pure function is being evaluted.
+  * many times an otherwise pure function is being evaluated.
   */
 class Spooky(var counter: Int = 0) {
   def increment(): Unit = counter += 1