diff --git a/dll/win32/shell32/droptargets/CRecyclerDropTarget.cpp b/dll/win32/shell32/droptargets/CRecyclerDropTarget.cpp
index 9a46c56b5bc..77bcef97583 100644
--- a/dll/win32/shell32/droptargets/CRecyclerDropTarget.cpp
+++ b/dll/win32/shell32/droptargets/CRecyclerDropTarget.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class CRecyclerDropTarget :
             TRACE("(%p)->(DataObject=%p)\n", this, pDataObject);
             InitFormatEtc (fmt, cfShellIDList, TYMED_HGLOBAL);
 
-            /* Handle cfShellIDList Drop objects here, otherwise send the approriate message to other software */
+            /* Handle cfShellIDList Drop objects here, otherwise send the appropriate message to other software */
             if (SUCCEEDED(pDataObject->QueryGetData(&fmt)))
             {
                 DWORD fMask = 0;