diff --git a/examples/rtic_bare1.rs b/examples/rtic_bare1.rs
index 00251179c3b595e7f736960681dfb3f16c3ec554..450038914a05d79aa0ceb3687c92701a7cdad86c 100644
--- a/examples/rtic_bare1.rs
+++ b/examples/rtic_bare1.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ const APP: () = {
 //
 //    Explain in your own words why a panic makes sense at this point.
 //
-//      The panic makes sense because x overflows by increasing the max (2^32 = 4294967295) by 1 and we are using a u32 and checking if it owerflows.
+//      The panic makes sense because x overflows by increasing the max (2^32 = 4294967295) by 1 and we are using a u32 and checking if it overflows.
 //
 //    Commit your answer (bare1_3)
 //