diff --git a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom/0001-linux-version-tweak.patch b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom/0001-linux-version-tweak.patch
index 39c7ee8d2d..1c88315cdc 100644
--- a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom/0001-linux-version-tweak.patch
+++ b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom/0001-linux-version-tweak.patch
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ From: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:31:42 -0400
 Subject: [PATCH] linux: version tweak
 
-Upstream-Status: Inapproriate [example code]
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [example code]
 
 Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
 Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>