diff --git a/src/base/blas.rs b/src/base/blas.rs
index c16496d4..be71a107 100644
--- a/src/base/blas.rs
+++ b/src/base/blas.rs
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ where
 {
     /// Computes `self = a * x + b * self`.
     ///
-    /// If be is zero, `self` is never read from.
+    /// If `b` is zero, `self` is never read from.
     ///
     /// # Examples:
     ///