diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index 253cabce..767ee405 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Wget(FetchMethod):
                         # We let the request fail and expect it to be
                         # tried once more ("try_again" in check_status()),
                         # with the dead connection removed from the cache.
-                        # If it still fails, we give up, which can happend for bad
+                        # If it still fails, we give up, which can happen for bad
                         # HTTP proxy settings.
                         fetch.connection_cache.remove_connection(h.host, h.port)
                     raise urllib.error.URLError(err)