diff --git a/spdx/parsers/rdf.py b/spdx/parsers/rdf.py
index ef196b22f..ca17c6de9 100644
--- a/spdx/parsers/rdf.py
+++ b/spdx/parsers/rdf.py
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ def parse(self, fil):
 
         validation_messages = []
         # Report extra errors if self.error is False otherwise there will be
-        # redundent messages
+        # redundant messages
         validation_messages = self.doc.validate(validation_messages)
         if not self.error:
             if validation_messages: