diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/pass.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/pass.ts
index fb5e52d2831b2..bff92d431cbab 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/pass.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/pass.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export interface PassProps {
 /**
  * Define a Pass in the state machine
  *
- * A Pass state can be used to transform the current exeuction's state.
+ * A Pass state can be used to transform the current execution's state.
  */
 export class Pass extends State implements INextable {
   public readonly endStates: INextable[];