diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/intercept/method/MethodDefinitionAttributes.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/intercept/method/MethodDefinitionAttributes.java
index 6a0638db0f..436702e230 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/intercept/method/MethodDefinitionAttributes.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/intercept/method/MethodDefinitionAttributes.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 
 /**
  * Provides {@link ConfigAttributeDefinition}s for a method signature (via the <tt>lookupAttributes</tt> method)
- * by delegating to a configured an {@link Attributes} object. The latter may use Java 5 annotations, Commons attributes
+ * by delegating to a configured {@link Attributes} object. The latter may use Java 5 annotations, Commons attributes
  * or some other approach to determine the <tt>ConfigAttribute</tt>s which apply. 
  * <p>
  * This class will only detect those attributes which are defined for: