diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
index 6fb574dfcad6f2..24d25158f9e8ad 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function patchProcessObject(expandArgv1) {
   }
 
   // TODO(joyeecheung): most of these should be deprecated and removed,
-  // execpt some that we need to be able to mutate during run time.
+  // except some that we need to be able to mutate during run time.
   addReadOnlyProcessAlias('_eval', '--eval');
   addReadOnlyProcessAlias('_print_eval', '--print');
   addReadOnlyProcessAlias('_syntax_check_only', '--check');