diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/net/Socket.java b/src/share/classes/java/net/Socket.java
index c02dd4e2855b19db9dbb77a24e34287bfe3c330a..478bece1577fbc1f789bb09be5e92948c02682c0 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/net/Socket.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/net/Socket.java
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ class Socket implements java.io.Closeable {
      * then this method will continue to return the connected address
      * after the socket is closed.
      *
-     * @return a <code>SocketAddress</code> reprensenting the remote endpoint of this
+     * @return a <code>SocketAddress</code> representing the remote endpoint of this
      *         socket, or <code>null</code> if it is not connected yet.
      * @see #getInetAddress()
      * @see #getPort()