diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/default.nix b/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
index 5d3da35c54fb..96d5e1fe2839 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ in let
   # nixpkgs configuration), infer the other one and platform as needed.
   localSystem = lib.systems.elaborate (
     # Allow setting the platform in the config file. This take precedence over
-    # the inferred platform, but not over an explicitly passed-in onw.
+    # the inferred platform, but not over an explicitly passed-in one.
     builtins.intersectAttrs { platform = null; } config
     // args.localSystem);