diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ConstraintValidatorManager.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ConstraintValidatorManager.java
index 6bd0faac84..cd8d671461 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ConstraintValidatorManager.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ConstraintValidatorManager.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public ConstraintValidatorManager(ConstraintValidatorFactory constraintValidator
 
 	/**
 	 * @param validatedValueType the type of the value to be validated. Cannot be {@code null}.
-	 * @param descriptor the constraint descriptor for which to get an initalized constraint validator. Cannot be {@code null}
+	 * @param descriptor the constraint descriptor for which to get an initialized constraint validator. Cannot be {@code null}
 	 * @param constraintFactory constraint factory used to instantiate the constraint validator. Cannot be {@code null}.
 	 * @param <V> the type of the value to be validated
 	 * @param <A> the annotation type