diff --git a/docs/snippets/cpp/VS_Snippets_Misc/wrl-media-capture/cpp/grayscaletransform/grayscaletransform.cpp b/docs/snippets/cpp/VS_Snippets_Misc/wrl-media-capture/cpp/grayscaletransform/grayscaletransform.cpp
index 13dadf5f14e..b9f174ed891 100644
--- a/docs/snippets/cpp/VS_Snippets_Misc/wrl-media-capture/cpp/grayscaletransform/grayscaletransform.cpp
+++ b/docs/snippets/cpp/VS_Snippets_Misc/wrl-media-capture/cpp/grayscaletransform/grayscaletransform.cpp
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ HRESULT CGrayscale::ProcessOutput(
 
 // Create a partial media type from our list.
 //
-// dwTypeIndex: Index into the list of peferred media types.
+// dwTypeIndex: Index into the list of preferred media types.
 // ppmt:        Receives a pointer to the media type.
 
 HRESULT CGrayscale::OnGetPartialType(DWORD dwTypeIndex, IMFMediaType **ppmt)