diff --git a/lib/timevar.def b/lib/timevar.def
index 37fc6f8e..12cbf979 100644
--- a/lib/timevar.def
+++ b/lib/timevar.def
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
      DEFTIMEVAR (id, name)
 
-   where ID is the enumeral value used to identify the timing
+   where ID is the enum value used to identify the timing
    variable, and NAME is a character string describing its purpose.  */
 
 /* The total execution time.  */