diff --git a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/Syntax/SyntaxAnnotation.cs b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/Syntax/SyntaxAnnotation.cs
index aec945ec75b20..702e951f226b5 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/Syntax/SyntaxAnnotation.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/Syntax/SyntaxAnnotation.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// A SynatxAnnotation is used to annotate syntax elements with additional information. 
+    /// A SyntaxAnnotation is used to annotate syntax elements with additional information. 
     /// 
     /// Since syntax elements are immutable, annotating them requires creating new instances of them
     /// with the annotations attached.