diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/syncapi/storage/syncserver.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/syncapi/storage/syncserver.go
index 7a74abc71..b97cd548e 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/syncapi/storage/syncserver.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/syncapi/storage/syncserver.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func (d *SyncServerDatabase) fetchMissingStateEvents(txn *sql.Tx, eventIDs []str
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to map all event IDs to events: (got %d, wanted %d)", len(stateEvents), len(missing))
 	}
 	for _, e := range stateEvents {
-		// Set the stream position to 0 since these events occured outside the
+		// Set the stream position to 0 since these events occurred outside the
 		// stream so probably happened before it.
 		// TOOD: What happens if we receive a state event from outside the
 		// timeline associated with an event in the middle of the timeline?