diff --git a/plugins/inventory/ec2.py b/plugins/inventory/ec2.py
index 37b2c5b05c..769ca433b0 100755
--- a/plugins/inventory/ec2.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/ec2.py
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ class Ec2Inventory(object):
             # try updating the cache
             self.do_api_calls_update_cache()
             if not self.args.host in self.index:
-                # host migh not exist anymore
+                # host might not exist anymore
                 return self.json_format_dict({}, True)
 
         (region, instance_id) = self.index[self.args.host]