diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/1942.c b/src/mame/drivers/1942.c
index f7882ac0363..7fb2ad805d6 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/1942.c
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/1942.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Two interrupts must be triggered per refresh for the game to function
 correctly.
 
 0x10 is the video retrace. This controls the speed of the game and generally
-     drives the code. This must be triggerd for each video retrace.
+     drives the code. This must be triggered for each video retrace.
 0x08 is the sound card service interrupt. The game uses this to throw sounds
      at the sound CPU.