diff --git a/offlineimap.conf b/offlineimap.conf
index fccceab..cf5a69d 100644
--- a/offlineimap.conf
+++ b/offlineimap.conf
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ remoterepository = RemoteExample
 # Messages older than maxage days will not be synced, their flags will
 # not be changed, they will not be deleted etc.  For offlineimap it will
 # be like these messages do not exist.  This will perform an IMAP search
-# in the case of IMAP or Gmail and therefor requires that the server
+# in the case of IMAP or Gmail and therefore requires that the server
 # support server side searching.  This will calculate the earliest day
 # that would be included in the search and include all messages from
 # that day until today.  e.g. maxage = 3 to sync only the last 3 days