diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index ff49a6dacfbb..09273262e500 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ void __init __weak thread_info_cache_init(void)
 static void __init mm_init(void)
 {
 	/*
-	 * page_cgroup requires countinous pages as memmap
-	 * and it's bigger than MAX_ORDER unless SPARSEMEM.
+	 * page_cgroup requires contiguous pages,
+	 * bigger than MAX_ORDER unless SPARSEMEM.
 	 */
 	page_cgroup_init_flatmem();
 	mem_init();