diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java
index e182aad43..e040ea8bc 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  * @author duncan@x180.com
  * @author rubys@us.ibm.com
  *
- * @deprected Instead of using this class, please extend ExecTask or
+ * @deprecated Instead of using this class, please extend ExecTask or
  * delegate to Execute.  
  */
 public class Exec extends Task {