diff --git a/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Metrics.c b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Metrics.c
index c052266740..b47f96d0aa 100644
--- a/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Metrics.c
+++ b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Metrics.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_METHOD_FULL(
                 SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(value, SD_VARLINK_ANY, 0),
                 SD_VARLINK_FIELD_COMMENT("Metric object name can be unit name, process name, etc, e.g. dev-hvc0.device"),
                 SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(object, SD_VARLINK_STRING, SD_VARLINK_NULLABLE),
-                SD_VARLINK_FIELD_COMMENT("Metric fields are values to deferentiate between different metrics in the same metric family"),
+                SD_VARLINK_FIELD_COMMENT("Metric fields are values to differentiate between different metrics in the same metric family"),
                 SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(fields, SD_VARLINK_OBJECT, SD_VARLINK_NULLABLE));
 
 static SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_METHOD_FULL(