diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java
index 3cdf66d4f31..b1af697a4e6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ public static HttpConfig.Policy getHttpPolicy(Configuration conf) {
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HTTP_POLICY_DEFAULT);
     HttpConfig.Policy policy = HttpConfig.Policy.fromString(policyStr);
     if (policy == null) {
-      throw new HadoopIllegalArgumentException("Unregonized value '"
+      throw new HadoopIllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized value '"
           + policyStr + "' for " + DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HTTP_POLICY_KEY);
     }