diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index 5a3d38fec..77299c277 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ type Loader interface {
 
 // DownloadAndHash is all-in-one helper to download content of the file at h to a temporary filesystem location
 // and calculate ID of the contents. Returned (temporary) file is positioned at the beginning of the file;
-// it is reponsibility of the caller to close and delete the file.
+// it is the reponsibility of the caller to close and delete the file.
 func DownloadAndHash(ctx context.Context, be Loader, h restic.Handle) (tmpfile *os.File, hash restic.ID, size int64, err error) {
 	tmpfile, err = fs.TempFile("", "restic-temp-")
 	if err != nil {