diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
index 5292a25053..5842d64357 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ private static void addDeprecatedKeys() {
   public static final String DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_ADDRESS = "0.0.0.0:" +
     DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_PORT;
 
-  /** Miniumum request grant-able by the RM scheduler. */
+  /** Minimum request grant-able by the RM scheduler. */
   public static final String RM_SCHEDULER_MINIMUM_ALLOCATION_MB =
     YARN_PREFIX + "scheduler.minimum-allocation-mb";
   public static final int DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_MINIMUM_ALLOCATION_MB = 1024;