diff --git a/git/gitconfig.symlink.example b/git/gitconfig.symlink.example
index ea61e604958..0f127064cec 100644
--- a/git/gitconfig.symlink.example
+++ b/git/gitconfig.symlink.example
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@
         # See `git help config` (search for push.default)
         # for more information on different options of the below setting.
         #
-        # Setting to git 2.0 default to surpress warning message
+        # Setting to git 2.0 default to suppress warning message
         default = simple