diff --git a/stdlib/private/SwiftPrivate/SwiftPrivate.swift b/stdlib/private/SwiftPrivate/SwiftPrivate.swift
index c88e6ce14e87d..c84516f5271c9 100644
--- a/stdlib/private/SwiftPrivate/SwiftPrivate.swift
+++ b/stdlib/private/SwiftPrivate/SwiftPrivate.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public func asHex<T : IntegerType>(x: T) -> String {
 }
 
 /// Convert the given sequence of numeric values to a string representing
-/// their hexidecimal values.
+/// their hexadecimal values.
 public func asHex<
   S: SequenceType
 where