diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/tasks/common/taskSampleConfig.json b/src/vs/workbench/parts/tasks/common/taskSampleConfig.json
index d232911d534ff7aca8feba81d934cbda2c255bb4..1f312158d756ec9f0ac36629b19343ae85168164 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/tasks/common/taskSampleConfig.json
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/tasks/common/taskSampleConfig.json
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 }
 */
 // A task runner example that defines a problemMatcher inline instead of using
-// a predfined one.
+// a predefined one.
 /*
 {
 	"version": "0.1.0",