diff --git a/samples/cpp/freak_demo.cpp b/samples/cpp/freak_demo.cpp
index e6429ae83..140b28f90 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/freak_demo.cpp
+++ b/samples/cpp/freak_demo.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv ) {
 
     // DESCRIPTOR
     // Our proposed FREAK descriptor
-    // (roation invariance, scale invariance, pattern radius corresponding to SMALLEST_KP_SIZE,
+    // (rotation invariance, scale invariance, pattern radius corresponding to SMALLEST_KP_SIZE,
     // number of octaves, optional vector containing the selected pairs)
     // FREAK extractor(true, true, 22, 4, std::vector<int>());
     FREAK extractor;