diff --git a/solr/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index f7106eba0a3..00b0e95bb45 100755
--- a/solr/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@
   <!-- Solr Replication
 
        The SolrReplicationHandler supports replicating indexes from a
-       "master" used for indexing and "salves" used for queries.
+       "master" used for indexing and "slaves" used for queries.
 
        http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrReplication