diff --git a/src/runtime/HalideRuntimeCuda.h b/src/runtime/HalideRuntimeCuda.h
index 239f6e698561..4181b070314e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/HalideRuntimeCuda.h
+++ b/src/runtime/HalideRuntimeCuda.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern int halide_cuda_run(void *user_context,
 extern void halide_cuda_finalize_kernels(void *user_context, void *state_ptr);
 // @}
 
-/** Set the underlying cuda device poiner for a buffer. The device
+/** Set the underlying cuda device pointer for a buffer. The device
  * pointer should be allocated using cuMemAlloc or similar and must
  * have an extent large enough to cover that specified by the
  * halide_buffer_t extent fields. The dev field of the halide_buffer_t