diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractBuild.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractBuild.java
index 4177e1227b3e7438c7e7b22ff690bdf2a0ede272..03aa7723c5a3538504fb968b532b60acd7136e00 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractBuild.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractBuild.java
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBuild<P extends AbstractProject<P,R>,R extends Abs
 
     /**
      * Builds up a set of variable names that contain sensitive values that
-     * should not be exposed. The expection is that this set is populated with
+     * should not be exposed. The expectation is that this set is populated with
      * keys returned by {@link #getBuildVariables()} that should have their
      * values masked for display purposes.
      *