diff --git a/scripts/synapse_port_db b/scripts/synapse_port_db
index c0da2af230..d4772fcf6e 100755
--- a/scripts/synapse_port_db
+++ b/scripts/synapse_port_db
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class Porter(object):
                 next_chunk = rows[-1][0] + 1
 
                 if table == "event_search":
-                    # We have to treat event_search differnetly since it has a
+                    # We have to treat event_search differently since it has a
                     # different structure in the two different databases.
                     def insert(txn):
                         sql = (