diff --git a/examples/ansible.cfg b/examples/ansible.cfg
index 0a8863fddf..b7904afc94 100644
--- a/examples/ansible.cfg
+++ b/examples/ansible.cfg
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 
 # The path to use for the ControlPath sockets. This defaults to a hashed string of the hostname,
 # port and username (empty string in the config). The hash mitigates a common problem users
-# found with long hostames and the conventional %(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r format.
+# found with long hostnames and the conventional %(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r format.
 # In those cases, a "too long for Unix domain socket" ssh error would occur.
 #
 # Example: