diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/consumer/ConsumerConfig.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/consumer/ConsumerConfig.scala
index e9cfd100530ff..d32403633ca62 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/consumer/ConsumerConfig.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/consumer/ConsumerConfig.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class ConsumerConfig private (val props: VerifiableProperties) extends ZKConfig(
   /** the socket receive buffer for network requests */
   val socketReceiveBufferBytes = props.getInt("socket.receive.buffer.bytes", SocketBufferSize)
   
-  /** the number of byes of messages to attempt to fetch */
+  /** the number of bytes of messages to attempt to fetch */
   val fetchMessageMaxBytes = props.getInt("fetch.message.max.bytes", FetchSize)
   
   /** if true, periodically commit to zookeeper the offset of messages already fetched by the consumer */