diff --git a/lib/xenu_nntp/message.py b/lib/xenu_nntp/message.py
index cd3bb0c..c7708a7 100644
--- a/lib/xenu_nntp/message.py
+++ b/lib/xenu_nntp/message.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Message(DatabaseTable):
 
         #
         # Defer parsing the message content until a specific header not already
-        # assigned to a dedcicated property, or the message body, is required.
+        # assigned to a dedicated property, or the message body, is required.
         #
         message.content = row.content