diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb
index 67e9b0103f4b260c229e7cf568edc2e8171cec94..274df12e5de7dba96d338db16b245b6e9a16785f 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ def reset_callbacks(symbol)
       # to change this behavior.
       #
       # * <tt>:scope</tt> - Show which methods should be executed when a class
-      # is giben as callback:
+      # is given as callback:
       #
       #   define_callbacks :filters, :scope => [ :kind ]
       #