diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObject.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObject.cpp
index 8c4c034127..d3783c22d0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObject.cpp
@@ -2330,7 +2330,7 @@ int SketchObject::trim(int GeoId, const Base::Vector3d& point)
                 std::swap(x1,x2);
             }
             if (x1 >= 0.001*length && x2 <= 0.999*length) {
-                if (x1 < x0 && x2 > x0) {  // trim a way a sement in the middle
+                if (x1 < x0 && x2 > x0) {  // trim away a segment in the middle
                     int newGeoId = addGeometry(geo);
                     // go through all constraints and replace the point (GeoId,end) with (newGeoId,end)
                     transferConstraints(GeoId, end, newGeoId, end);