diff --git a/examples/app.c b/examples/app.c
index acf64443..d48c5554 100644
--- a/examples/app.c
+++ b/examples/app.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ do_some_work (SysprofCaptureWriter *writer)
                                        real_duration,              /* duration in nsec */
                                        "Example",                  /* Group name, 23 chars+\0 */
                                        "Sleep",                    /* Name, 39 chars+\0 */
-                                       "Anscillary message data"); /* UTF-8 Message data, limited to
+                                       "Ancillary message data"); /* UTF-8 Message data, limited to
                                                                       64kb-frame size. */
     }
 }