diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
index 47f2a2d34821..3e9e5a03d5e7 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
@@ -3761,7 +3761,7 @@ fn load_expected_output_from_path(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<String, String>
 
     fn delete_file(&self, file: &PathBuf) {
         if !file.exists() {
-            // Deleting a nonexistant file would error.
+            // Deleting a nonexistent file would error.
             return;
         }
         if let Err(e) = fs::remove_file(file) {