diff --git a/github/github.go b/github/github.go
index d876e98bbd..c68a80c7b9 100644
--- a/github/github.go
+++ b/github/github.go
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ type RawOptions struct {
 	Type RawType
 }
 
-// addOptions adds the parameters in opt as URL query parameters to s. opt
+// addOptions adds the parameters in opts as URL query parameters to s. opts
 // must be a struct whose fields may contain "url" tags.
 func addOptions(s string, opts interface{}) (string, error) {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(opts)