diff --git a/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs b/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
index 2d1bf1672761..12b65b7feb55 100644
--- a/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ variable. This error can occur for several cases, the most common of which is
 that there is a mismatch in the expected type that the compiler inferred, and
 the actual type that the user defined a variable as.
 
-let a: char = 7;    // An integral type can't contained in a character, so 
+let a: char = 7;    // An integral type can't be contained in a character, so 
                     // there is a mismatch.
 
 let b: u32 = 7;     // Either use the right type...