diff --git a/src/symtab.h b/src/symtab.h
index 8a5799b7..71ade8a7 100644
--- a/src/symtab.h
+++ b/src/symtab.h
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ typedef struct {
   /** The key, name of the semantic type.  */
   uniqstr tag;
 
-  /** The location of its first occurence.  */
+  /** The location of its first occurrence.  */
   location location;
 
   /** Its status : "undeclared", "used" or "declared".