diff --git a/examples/example.aliases.drushrc.php b/examples/example.aliases.drushrc.php
index 8c25f4d87614bd10ce81d182e15dfac391484024..6990eb178712d48d0770f0b50123bb158be8f6ea 100644
--- a/examples/example.aliases.drushrc.php
+++ b/examples/example.aliases.drushrc.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
  *   @mysite.live       A copy of @live
  *
  * Thus, aliases defined in an alias group file may be referred to
- * either by their simple (short) name, or by thier full namespace-qualified
+ * either by their simple (short) name, or by their full namespace-qualified
  * name.
  *
  * To see an example alias definition for the current bootstrapped