diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 6c475619117dc5..b4936558a82790 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ Socket.prototype.setTimeout = function(msecs, callback) {
   // Type checking identical to timers.enroll()
   msecs = validateTimerDuration(msecs);
 
-  // Attempt to clear an existing timer lear in both cases -
+  // Attempt to clear an existing timer in both cases -
   //  even if it will be rescheduled we don't want to leak an existing timer.
   clearTimeout(this[kTimeout]);