diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf
index 69fef818..3bb17e0a 100644
--- a/config/jail.conf
+++ b/config/jail.conf
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ maxretry = 5
 # auto:      will try to use the following backends, in order:
 #              pyinotify, gamin, polling.
 #
-# Note: if systemd backend is choses as the default but you enable a jail
+# Note: if systemd backend is chosen as the default but you enable a jail
 #       for which logs are present only in its own log files, specify some other
 #       backend for that jail (e.g. polling) and provide empty value for
 #       journalmatch. See https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues/959#issuecomment-74901200