diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index b7be906cd2081db338622b236b2eeb092d844efd..2ce3e4337e086533fa19a53979e357b996c0a4f8 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def ReadPidFile(pidfile):
   @type  pidfile: string
   @param pidfile: path to the file containing the pid
   @rtype: int
-  @return: The process id, if the file exista and contains a valid PID,
+  @return: The process id, if the file exists and contains a valid PID,
            otherwise 0
 
   """