diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/CopyFilter.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/CopyFilter.java
index 3da364c600..4b348a5b64 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/CopyFilter.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/CopyFilter.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public void initialize() {}
    * Public factory method which returns the appropriate implementation of
    * CopyFilter.
    *
-   * @param conf DistCp configuratoin
+   * @param conf DistCp configuration
    * @return An instance of the appropriate CopyFilter
    */
   public static CopyFilter getCopyFilter(Configuration conf) {