diff --git a/package/pkg-cargo.mk b/package/pkg-cargo.mk
index d94a19024e..47a6353f25 100644
--- a/package/pkg-cargo.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-cargo.mk
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ endif
 
 # Due to vendoring, it is pretty likely that not all licenses are
 # listed in <pkg>_LICENSE. If the license is unset, it is "unknown"
-# so adding unknowns to some unknown is still some other unkown,
+# so adding unknowns to some unknown is still some other unknown,
 # so don't append the blurb in that case.
 ifneq ($$($(2)_LICENSE),)
 $(2)_LICENSE += , vendored dependencies licenses probably not listed