diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9dd074a9..56d9f6e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ func main() {
 	// /admin/secrets endpoint
 	// hit "localhost:8080/admin/secrets
 	authorized.GET("/secrets", func(c *gin.Context) {
-		// get user, it was setted by the BasicAuth middleware
+		// get user, it was set by the BasicAuth middleware
 		user := c.MustGet(gin.AuthUserKey).(string)
 		if secret, ok := secrets[user]; ok {
 			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"user": user, "secret": secret})