diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/metrics/KeyspaceMetrics.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/metrics/KeyspaceMetrics.java
index 62add07429dc..9325603b6bb7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/metrics/KeyspaceMetrics.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/metrics/KeyspaceMetrics.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class KeyspaceMetrics
     public final Gauge<Long> memtableSwitchCount;
     /** Estimated number of tasks pending for this column family */
     public final Gauge<Long> pendingFlushes;
-    /** Estimate of number of pending compactios for this CF */
+    /** Estimate of number of pending compactions for this CF */
     public final Gauge<Long> pendingCompactions;
     /** Disk space used by SSTables belonging to this CF */
     public final Gauge<Long> liveDiskSpaceUsed;