diff --git a/include/caffe/syncedmem.hpp b/include/caffe/syncedmem.hpp
index 2564e0716ef..1b726de9564 100644
--- a/include/caffe/syncedmem.hpp
+++ b/include/caffe/syncedmem.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace caffe {
 // cudaMallocHost and cudaFree functions in order to create pinned memory.
 // However, those codes rely on the existence of a cuda GPU (I don't know
 // why that is a must since allocating memory should not be accessing the
-// GPU resorce, but it just creates an error as of Cuda 5.0) and will cause
+// GPU resource, but it just creates an error as of Cuda 5.0) and will cause
 // problem when running on a machine without GPU. Thus, we simply define
 // these two functions for safety and possible future change if the problem
 // of calling cuda functions disappears in a future version.