diff --git a/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go b/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
index 5c756e66db..0f53c92b0a 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func unlockAccount(ctx *cli.Context, ks *keystore.KeyStore, address string, i in
 	return accounts.Account{}, ""
 }
 
-// getPassPhrase retrieves the passwor associated with an account, either fetched
+// getPassPhrase retrieves the password associated with an account, either fetched
 // from a list of preloaded passphrases, or requested interactively from the user.
 func getPassPhrase(prompt string, confirmation bool, i int, passwords []string) string {
 	// If a list of passwords was supplied, retrieve from them