diff --git a/src/loadso/windows/SDL_sysloadso.c b/src/loadso/windows/SDL_sysloadso.c
index d3c84042b..1157ed3b5 100644
--- a/src/loadso/windows/SDL_sysloadso.c
+++ b/src/loadso/windows/SDL_sysloadso.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ SDL_LoadObject(const char *sofile)
     }
     tstr = WIN_UTF8ToString(sofile);
 #ifdef __WINRT__
-    /* WinRT only publically supports LoadPackagedLibrary() for loading .dll
+    /* WinRT only publicly supports LoadPackagedLibrary() for loading .dll
        files.  LoadLibrary() is a private API, and not available for apps
        (that can be published to MS' Windows Store.)
     */