diff --git a/spdx/parsers/tagvalue.py b/spdx/parsers/tagvalue.py
index 412212ec9..3a5bd539d 100644
--- a/spdx/parsers/tagvalue.py
+++ b/spdx/parsers/tagvalue.py
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ def parse(self, text):
         self.builder.reset()
         validation_messages = []
         # Report extra errors if self.error is False otherwise there will be
-        # redundent messages
+        # redundant messages
         validation_messages = self.document.validate(validation_messages)
         if not self.error:
             if validation_messages: