diff --git a/specification/apimanagement/control-plane/Microsoft.ApiManagement/preview/2017-03-01/apimbackends.json b/specification/apimanagement/control-plane/Microsoft.ApiManagement/preview/2017-03-01/apimbackends.json
index 1e1cd26264b2..ca7ca760ef2d 100644
--- a/specification/apimanagement/control-plane/Microsoft.ApiManagement/preview/2017-03-01/apimbackends.json
+++ b/specification/apimanagement/control-plane/Microsoft.ApiManagement/preview/2017-03-01/apimbackends.json
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
           "type": "string"
         },
         "maxPartitionResolutionRetries": {
-          "description": "Maximum number of retries while attempting resolve the parition.",
+          "description": "Maximum number of retries while attempting resolve the partition.",
           "format": "int32",
           "type": "integer"
         },