diff --git a/examples/tickers/tickers.go b/examples/tickers/tickers.go
index bb716ab..0d8cbd2 100644
--- a/examples/tickers/tickers.go
+++ b/examples/tickers/tickers.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import "fmt"
 func main() {
 
     // Tickers use a similar mechanism to timers: a
-    // chanel that is sent values. Here we'll use the
+    // channel that is sent values. Here we'll use the
     // `range` builtin on the channel to iterate over
     // the values as they arrive every 500ms.
     ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Millisecond * 500)