diff --git a/examples/ssd/mboxloss.py b/examples/ssd/mboxloss.py
index a531d2a9..1377e936 100644
--- a/examples/ssd/mboxloss.py
+++ b/examples/ssd/mboxloss.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def get_errors(self, x, t):
             loc_diff[self.inds_more] = np.sign(loc_diff[self.inds_more])
 
             # backprop the loc loss
-            # sclae the loc_predictions by num_matches
+            # scale the loc_predictions by num_matches
             loc_diff /= float(num_matches)
 
             count = 0