diff --git a/src/mesh/autoMesh/autoHexMesh/autoHexMeshDriver/autoLayerDriver.C b/src/mesh/autoMesh/autoHexMesh/autoHexMeshDriver/autoLayerDriver.C
index 1dcafdec3ee132d501cc521de1334dccb5c94a43..d859cf89a9d7fd86ee187fd645012c06b3ac4dcd 100644
--- a/src/mesh/autoMesh/autoHexMesh/autoHexMeshDriver/autoLayerDriver.C
+++ b/src/mesh/autoMesh/autoHexMesh/autoHexMeshDriver/autoLayerDriver.C
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ Foam::autoLayerDriver::makeLayerDisplacementField
 
     forAll(numLayers, patchI)
     {
-        //  0 layers: do not allow lslip so fixedValue 0
+        //  0 layers: do not allow slip so fixedValue 0
         // >0 layers: fixedValue which gets adapted
         if (numLayers[patchI] >= 0)
         {