diff --git a/js/src/configure.in b/js/src/configure.in
index a657bc7a8ba..e4b90ad1a0a 100644
--- a/js/src/configure.in
+++ b/js/src/configure.in
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ if test "$target" != "$host"; then
 
     dnl If we cross compile for ppc on Mac OS X x86, cross_compiling will
     dnl have erroneously been set to "no", because the x86 build host is
-    dnl able to run ppc code in a ranslated environment, making a cross
+    dnl able to run ppc code in a translated environment, making a cross
     dnl compiler appear native.  So we override that here.
     cross_compiling=yes
 else