diff --git a/tools/batchMod.pl b/tools/batchMod.pl
index bf415c2ea7..04e865f2fb 100755
--- a/tools/batchMod.pl
+++ b/tools/batchMod.pl
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if ($op eq "action") {
             splice(@searches,$i,1);
             splice(@replaces,$i,1);
             splice(@modifiers,$i,1);
-            $i--; # We made the arrays smaller - go back a step in interation
+            $i--; # We made the arrays smaller - go back a step in iteration
         }
     }