diff --git a/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go b/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go
index b3ff6a0e..4a497e2b 100644
--- a/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (l *linuxStandardInit) Init() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	// compare the parent from the inital start of the init process and make sure that it did not change.
-	// if the parent changes that means it died and we were reparened to something else so we should
+	// if the parent changes that means it died and we were reparented to something else so we should
 	// just kill ourself and not cause problems for someone else.
 	if syscall.Getppid() != l.parentPid {
 		return syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGKILL)