diff --git a/base/system/Dockerfile b/base/system/Dockerfile
index a89f87796f79eb893100bc9687e43bad2134c5c9..ad383a6e317819f8ce8f7c4cc791893b84b6faa2 100644
--- a/base/system/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/system/Dockerfile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's/^# %wheel/%wheel/'  /etc/sudoers
 RUN mv /home/metauser /metauser_home_vanilla
 
 # Give write access to anyone to the home folder so the entrypoint will be able
-# to copy over the /home/matauser_vanilla into /home/metauser (for Singularity)
+# to copy over the /metauser_home_vanilla into /home/metauser (for Singularity)
 RUN chmod 777 /home