diff --git a/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index c9e05d106..1d796a3c5 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
           "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
 
 <!-- 
-  Commons Statitics customization of default Checkstyle behaviour:
+  Commons Statitics customization of default Checkstyle behavior:
   https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/blob/master/src/main/resources/sun_checks.xml
 -->
 <module name="Checker">