diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
index facfe03ae612a..6b8940414ecef 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ public boolean accept(Path file) {
    * <p>
    * Will not return null. Expect IOException upon access error.
    * @param f given path
-   * @return the statuses of the files/directories in the given patch
+   * @return the statuses of the files/directories in the given path
    * @throws FileNotFoundException when the path does not exist
    * @throws IOException see specific implementation
    */