diff --git a/storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/security/auth/IAutoCredentials.java b/storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/security/auth/IAutoCredentials.java
index ac836caf19..3497279b3b 100644
--- a/storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/security/auth/IAutoCredentials.java
+++ b/storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/security/auth/IAutoCredentials.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public interface IAutoCredentials {
 
 
     /**
-     * Called to update the subject on the worker side when new credentials are recieved. This means that populateSubject has already been
+     * Called to update the subject on the worker side when new credentials are received. This means that populateSubject has already been
      * called on this subject.
      *
      * @param subject     the subject to optionally put credentials in.