diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostMultipartRequestDecoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostMultipartRequestDecoder.java
index bd01331d546..3efae1850e2 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostMultipartRequestDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostMultipartRequestDecoder.java
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ private static boolean loadDataMultipartOptimized(ByteBuf undecodedChunk, String
             if (posDelimiter < 0 &&
                 httpData.definedLength() == httpData.length() + readableBytes - 1 &&
                 undecodedChunk.getByte(readableBytes + startReaderIndex - 1) == HttpConstants.CR) {
-                // Last CR shall preceed a future LF
+                // Last CR shall precede a future LF
                 lastPosition = 0;
                 posDelimiter = readableBytes - 1;
             }