diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
 
         This function must be called within a `dirstate.parentchange` context.
 
-        note: the API is at an early stage and we might need to ajust it
+        note: the API is at an early stage and we might need to adjust it
         depending of what information ends up being relevant and useful to
         other processing.
         """