diff --git a/examples/event-sources/mqtt.yaml b/examples/event-sources/mqtt.yaml
index 4aed863e43..c806e981bf 100644
--- a/examples/event-sources/mqtt.yaml
+++ b/examples/event-sources/mqtt.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ spec:
     example:
       # mqtt broker url
       url: tcp://mqtt.argo-events:1883
-      # name of the popic
+      # name of the topic
       topic: bar
       # jsonBody specifies that all event body payload coming from this
       # source will be JSON