diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 3e3f02409bbd..7d22056582c1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #     - See include/linux/module.h for more details
 
 # Step 4 is solely used to allow module versioning in external modules,
-# where the CRC of each module is retrieved from the Module.symers file.
+# where the CRC of each module is retrieved from the Module.symvers file.
 
 # KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid error out in case of undefined
 # symbols in the final module linking stage