diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityMessageSource.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityMessageSource.java
index 777a810964..8155c4664f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityMessageSource.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityMessageSource.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource;
 /**
  * The default <code>MessageSource</code> used by Spring Security.
  * <p>
- * All Spring Security classes requiring messge localization will by default use this
+ * All Spring Security classes requiring message localization will by default use this
  * class. However, all such classes will also implement <code>MessageSourceAware</code> so
  * that the application context can inject an alternative message source. Therefore this
  * class is only used when the deployment environment has not specified an alternative