diff --git a/src/vnet/classify/classify_api.c b/src/vnet/classify/classify_api.c
index 08defd4..98f4366 100644
--- a/src/vnet/classify/classify_api.c
+++ b/src/vnet/classify/classify_api.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
 /*
  * classify_api_hookup
  * Add vpe's API message handlers to the table.
- * vlib has alread mapped shared memory and
+ * vlib has already mapped shared memory and
  * added the client registration handlers.
  * See .../vlib-api/vlibmemory/memclnt_vlib.c:memclnt_process()
  */