diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 24b8ad1f4e..3ebd87ee2d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ (define-public gdk-pixbuf
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
 ;; To build gdk-pixbuf with SVG support, we need librsvg, and librsvg depends
-;; on gdk-pixbuf, so this new varibale.  Also, librsvg adds 90MiB to the
+;; on gdk-pixbuf, so this new variable.  Also, librsvg adds 90MiB to the
 ;; closure size.
 (define-public gdk-pixbuf+svg
   (package/inherit gdk-pixbuf