diff --git a/curses.m4 b/curses.m4
index 8d6bd217..d82a7fcd 100644
--- a/curses.m4
+++ b/curses.m4
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ dnl)
 
 	
 dnl
-dnl Parameters: directory filename cureses_LIBS curses_INCLUDEDIR nicename
+dnl Parameters: directory filename curses_LIBS curses_INCLUDEDIR nicename
 dnl
 AC_DEFUN(AC_NCURSES, [
     if $search_ncurses