diff --git a/compiler/gen_dev/src/run_roc.rs b/compiler/gen_dev/src/run_roc.rs
index cf1995eb64..981a60f8ae 100644
--- a/compiler/gen_dev/src/run_roc.rs
+++ b/compiler/gen_dev/src/run_roc.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #[macro_export]
 /// run_jit_function_raw runs an unwrapped jit function.
-/// The function could throw an execption and break things, or worse, it could not throw and exception and break things.
+/// The function could throw an exception and break things, or worse, it could not throw an exception and break things.
 /// This functions is generally a bad idea with an untrused backend, but is being used for now for development purposes.
 macro_rules! run_jit_function_raw {
     ($lib: expr, $main_fn_name: expr, $ty:ty, $transform:expr) => {{