diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/periodic_worker.h b/include/spdlog/details/periodic_worker.h
index 7ebd027b..e7bd7a9d 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/periodic_worker.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/periodic_worker.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-// periodic worker thread - peridically executes the given callback function.
+// periodic worker thread - periodically executes the given callback function.
 //
 // RAII over the owned thread:
 //    creates the thread on construction.
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ private:
     std::condition_variable cv_;
 };
 } // namespace details
-} // namespace spdlog
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace spdlog