diff --git a/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek b/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek
index 95cc63ec78..b6ae57ef78 100644
--- a/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek
+++ b/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ module SMTP;
 
 ## The maximum line length within a BDAT chunk before a forceful linebreak
 ## is introduced and a weird is raised. Conventionally, MIME messages
-## have a maximum line length of 1000 octest when properly encoded.
+## have a maximum line length of 1000 octets when properly encoded.
 const bdat_max_line_length = 4096 &redef;
 
 module GLOBAL;