diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index d099cd10..18a71a07 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class URI(object):
     Some notes about relative URIs: while it's specified that
     a URI beginning with <scheme>:// should either be directly
     followed by a hostname or a /, the old URI handling of the
-    fetch2 library did not comform to this. Therefore, this URI
+    fetch2 library did not conform to this. Therefore, this URI
     class has some kludges to make sure that URIs are parsed in
     a way comforming to bitbake's current usage. This URI class
     supports the following:
