diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod.h b/libkmod/libkmod.h
index 28c8432..1c0d118 100644
--- a/libkmod/libkmod.h
+++ b/libkmod/libkmod.h
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ int kmod_module_new_from_name(struct kmod_ctx *ctx, const char *name,
  * @mod: where to save the created struct kmod_module
  *
  * Create a new struct kmod_module using the module path. @path must be an
- * existent file with in the filesystem and must be accessible to libkmod.
+ * existent file within the filesystem and must be accessible to libkmod.
  *
  * The initial refcount is 1, and needs to be decremented to release the
  * resources of the kmod_module. Since libkmod keeps track of all