diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFVMLDrawing.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFVMLDrawing.java
index 2adda36768..640534354a 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFVMLDrawing.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFVMLDrawing.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public final class XSSFVMLDrawing extends POIXMLDocumentPart {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Initialize a new Speadsheet VML drawing
+     * Initialize a new Spreadsheet VML drawing
      */
     private void newDrawing(){
         root = XmlDocument.Factory.newInstance();