diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java
index 513d9ad7ba..666ba1964d 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ public class XSSFSheet extends POIXMLDocumentPart implements Sheet, OoxmlSheetEx
 
 
     /**
-     * Get the default row height for the sheet measued in point size (if the rows do not define their own height).
+     * Get the default row height for the sheet measured in point size (if the rows do not define their own height).
      *
      * @return  default row height in points
      */