diff --git a/include/tvm/runtime/c_backend_api.h b/include/tvm/runtime/c_backend_api.h
index f55748e38289c1c6a3fe98bbe96220050a5c1406..4adc9e2790fe64a652d7bdb3965289d4de065656 100644
--- a/include/tvm/runtime/c_backend_api.h
+++ b/include/tvm/runtime/c_backend_api.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ TVM_DLL int TVMBackendParallelBarrier(int task_id, TVMParallelGroupEnv* penv);
 
 
 /*!
- * \brief Simple static initialization fucntion.
+ * \brief Simple static initialization function.
  *  Run f once and set handle to be not null.
  *  This function is mainly used for test purpose.
  *