diff --git a/autotest/utilities/test_gdal_translate_lib.py b/autotest/utilities/test_gdal_translate_lib.py
index 180b3c4e9d41..d3e32650feb0 100755
--- a/autotest/utilities/test_gdal_translate_lib.py
+++ b/autotest/utilities/test_gdal_translate_lib.py
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ def test_gdal_translate_lib_scale_and_unscale_incompatible():
 
 
 ###############################################################################
-# Test -a_offset -inf (dummy example, but to proove -inf works as a value
+# Test -a_offset -inf (dummy example, but to prove -inf works as a value
 # numeric value)