diff --git a/stdlib/private/SwiftPrivate/SwiftPrivate.swift b/stdlib/private/SwiftPrivate/SwiftPrivate.swift
index c84516f5271c9..e0a2ff6462575 100644
--- a/stdlib/private/SwiftPrivate/SwiftPrivate.swift
+++ b/stdlib/private/SwiftPrivate/SwiftPrivate.swift
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import SwiftShims
 
-/// Convert the given numeric value to a hexidecimal string.
+/// Convert the given numeric value to a hexadecimal string.
 public func asHex<T : IntegerType>(x: T) -> String {
   return "0x" + String(x.toIntMax(), radix: 16)
 }