diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/DecayingBloomFilter.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/DecayingBloomFilter.java
index 862b33d5e3e2b98bd8830610b391e1e6ab9207e7..f54b08f446859112b4f7d897089d4521ca87e4ff 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/DecayingBloomFilter.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/DecayingBloomFilter.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class DecayingBloomFilter {
             return _current.size() + _previous.size(); 
     }
 
-    /** unshyncronized, only used for logging elsewhere */
+    /** unsynchronized, only used for logging elsewhere */
     public double getFalsePositiveRate() { 
             return _current.falsePositives(); 
     }