1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/events.py b/synapse/storage/events.py
index 135af54fa9..025a7fb6d9 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/events.py
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ class EventsStore(EventFederationStore, EventsWorkerStore, BackgroundUpdateStore
         max_depth = max(row[0] for row in rows)
 
         if max_depth <= token.topological:
-            # We need to ensure we don't delete all the events from the datanase
+            # We need to ensure we don't delete all the events from the database
             # otherwise we wouldn't be able to send any events (due to not
             # having any backwards extremeties)
             raise SynapseError(