diff --git a/Lib/r/r.swg b/Lib/r/r.swg
index 661c62fd8..be42ff3a1 100644
--- a/Lib/r/r.swg
+++ b/Lib/r/r.swg
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ double *OUTPUT {}
 
 
 
-/* Shoul dwe recycle to make the length correct.
+/* Should we recycle to make the length correct.
    And warn if length() > the dimension. 
 */
 %typemap(scheck) SWIGTYPE [ANY] %{