diff --git a/examples/select/select.go b/examples/select/select.go
index af7b3b6..93cec6e 100644
--- a/examples/select/select.go
+++ b/examples/select/select.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import "fmt"
 
 func main() {
 
-    // For our example we'll select accross two channels.
+    // For our example we'll select across two channels.
     c1 := make(chan string)
     c2 := make(chan string)