diff --git a/gdk/gdkdevicemanager.c b/gdk/gdkdevicemanager.c
index 5def01ab76..cb2f227d7e 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdevicemanager.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkdevicemanager.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ gdk_device_manager_list_devices (GdkDeviceManager *device_manager,
  * for this application. In X11, window managers may change this depending on the interaction
  * pattern under the presence of several pointers.
  *
- * You should use this function sheldomly, only in code that isn't triggered by a #GdkEvent
+ * You should use this function seldomly, only in code that isn't triggered by a #GdkEvent
  * and there aren't other means to get a meaningful #GdkDevice to operate on.
  *
  * Returns: (transfer none): The client pointer. This memory is