diff --git a/theanoTUT/theano6_shared_variable.py b/theanoTUT/theano6_shared_variable.py
index 69c27df..8541968 100644
--- a/theanoTUT/theano6_shared_variable.py
+++ b/theanoTUT/theano6_shared_variable.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import theano
 import theano.tensor as T
 
-state = theano.shared(np.array(0,dtype=np.float64), 'state') # inital state = 0
+state = theano.shared(np.array(0,dtype=np.float64), 'state') # initial state = 0
 inc = T.scalar('inc', dtype=state.dtype)
 accumulator = theano.function([inc], state, updates=[(state, state+inc)])