diff --git a/src/etc/inc/filter.inc b/src/etc/inc/filter.inc
index 85fe75475..e93a9f4f6 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/filter.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/filter.inc
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function filter_configure_sync($verbose = false)
     if (isset($config['filter']['rule'])) {
         // register user rules
         foreach ($config['filter']['rule'] as $rule) {
-            // calculate a hash for this arrea so we can track this rule, we should replace this
+            // calculate a hash for this area so we can track this rule, we should replace this
             // with uuid's on the rules like the new style models do eventually.
             $rule['md5'] = md5(json_encode($rule));
             $sched = '';