diff --git a/communicator/ssh/communicator.go b/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
index b5b67633c..0e198cb0d 100644
--- a/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
+++ b/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ func (c *comm) scpSession(scpCommand string, f func(io.Writer, *bufio.Reader) er
 	err = session.Wait()
 	if err != nil {
 		if exitErr, ok := err.(*ssh.ExitError); ok {
-			// Otherwise, we have an ExitErorr, meaning we can just read
+			// Otherwise, we have an ExitError, meaning we can just read
 			// the exit status
 			log.Printf("non-zero exit status: %d", exitErr.ExitStatus())
 			stdoutB, err := ioutil.ReadAll(stdoutR)