diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c04fd7..6b2d960 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -81,3 +81,4 @@ docs/mcss-doxy-output.log
 docs/mcss.log
 doygen-run.log
 examples/TestCommands/TestCommands.ino
+compile_commands.json
diff --git a/src/SDI12.cpp b/src/SDI12.cpp
index b5c7c0a..108715c 100644
--- a/src/SDI12.cpp
+++ b/src/SDI12.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ SDI12::SDI12(int8_t dataPin) {
   // to distinguish between the '0' that parseInt and parseFloat usually return
   // on timeouts and a real measured 0 value.  So we force the timeout response
   // to be -9999, which is not a common value for most variables measured by
-  // in-site environmental sensors.
+  // in-situ environmental sensors.
   setTimeoutValue(-9999);
 }