diff --git a/phpBB/includes/auth/auth.php b/phpBB/includes/auth/auth.php
index e3bccaf47b..1ad9f94d26 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/auth/auth.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/auth/auth.php
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class phpbb_auth
 
 	/**
 	* Get forums with the specified permission setting
-	* if the option is prefixed with !, then the result becomes nagated
+	* if the option is prefixed with !, then the result becomes negated
 	*
 	* @param bool $clean set to true if only values needs to be returned which are set/unset
 	*/