diff --git a/zerver/middleware.py b/zerver/middleware.py
index 89d656e5b2..524234fa9d 100644
--- a/zerver/middleware.py
+++ b/zerver/middleware.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def write_log_line(log_data, path, method, remote_ip, email, client_name,
     else:
         statsd_path = u"webreq.%s" % (path[1:].replace('/', '.'),)
         # Remove non-ascii chars from path (there should be none, if there are it's
-        # because someone manually entered a nonexistant path), as UTF-8 chars make
+        # because someone manually entered a nonexistent path), as UTF-8 chars make
         # statsd sad when it sends the key name over the socket
         statsd_path = statsd_path.encode('ascii', errors='ignore').decode("ascii")
     blacklisted_requests = ['do_confirm', 'send_confirm',