diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/symmetric.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/symmetric.hpp
index 351388e0..e1a05e0b 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/symmetric.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/symmetric.hpp
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace ublas {
                                    (current_ == 0 && it1_ != it1_end_) ||
                                    (current_ == 1 && it2_ != it2_end_), internal_logic ());
             }
-            // FIXME cannot compiler
+            // FIXME cannot compile
             //  iterator1 does not have these members!
             BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
             const_iterator1 (const iterator1 &it):