diff --git a/config/toml.go b/config/toml.go
index 9f1ccc4cc..ca798df62 100644
--- a/config/toml.go
+++ b/config/toml.go
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ timeout_precommit_delta = "{{ .Consensus.TimeoutPrecommitDelta }}"
 # How long we wait after committing a block, before starting on the new
 # height (this gives us a chance to receive some more precommits, even
 # though we already have +2/3).
-# Deprecated: timeout_commit is overriden by the state machine in app version >= 3.
+# Deprecated: timeout_commit is overridden by the state machine in app version >= 3.
 # Therefore, the value set in this config will be ignored.
 timeout_commit = "{{ .Consensus.TimeoutCommit }}"