diff --git a/cpp/src/binaryop/compiled/util.cpp b/cpp/src/binaryop/compiled/util.cpp
index 34225f90e05..d8f1eb03a16 100644
--- a/cpp/src/binaryop/compiled/util.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/binaryop/compiled/util.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct common_type_functor {
         return data_type{type_to_id<TypeCommon>()};
       }
 
-      // A compiler bug may cause a compilation error when using empty initialize list to construct
+      // A compiler bug may cause a compilation error when using empty initializer list to construct
       // an std::optional object containing no `data_type` value. Therefore, we should explicitly
       // return `std::nullopt` instead.
       return std::nullopt;