diff --git a/scripts/update_payload/common.py b/scripts/update_payload/common.py
index 6b5dbad..a869730 100644
--- a/scripts/update_payload/common.py
+++ b/scripts/update_payload/common.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 
 #
-# Checker and hashed reading of data.
+# Checked and hashed reading of data.
 #
 def IntPackingFmtStr(size, is_unsigned):
   """Returns an integer format string for use by the struct module.