diff --git a/ares/windows_port.c b/ares/windows_port.c
index d9c358e2f..02bb4cbf8 100644
--- a/ares/windows_port.c
+++ b/ares/windows_port.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #ifdef __WATCOMC__
 /*
- * Watcom needs a DlMain() in order to initialise the clib startup code.
+ * Watcom needs a DllMain() in order to initialise the clib startup code.
  */
 BOOL
 WINAPI DllMain (HINSTANCE hnd, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)