diff --git a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
index b6b78ef99a3037947eee5c5bafd0a0f600a92940..10acbbbf8a20883ac44007afa66c8f6147dbd204 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ class Statistics {
   virtual void recordInHistogram(uint32_t histogramType, uint64_t time) {
     // measureTime() is the old and inaccurate function name.
     // To keep backward compatible. If users implement their own
-    // statistics, which overrides meareTime() but doesn't override
+    // statistics, which overrides measureTime() but doesn't override
     // this function. We forward to measureTime().
     measureTime(histogramType, time);
   }