diff --git a/archive/tartest/tar.go b/archive/tartest/tar.go
index 36d899808..a754a5192 100644
--- a/archive/tartest/tar.go
+++ b/archive/tartest/tar.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TarAll(wt ...WriterToTar) WriterToTar {
 }
 
 // TarFromWriterTo is used to create a tar stream from a tar record
-// creator. This can be used to manifacture more specific tar records
+// creator. This can be used to manufacture more specific tar records
 // which allow testing specific tar cases which may be encountered
 // by the untar process.
 func TarFromWriterTo(wt WriterToTar) io.ReadCloser {