diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/GlobPatternMapper.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/GlobPatternMapper.java
index 7181828e5..61e910d3a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/GlobPatternMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/GlobPatternMapper.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class GlobPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
     private boolean caseSensitive = true;
 
     /**
-     * Attribute specifing whether to ignore the difference
+     * Attribute specifying whether to ignore the difference
      * between / and \ (the two common directory characters).
      * @param handleDirSep a boolean, default is false.
      * @since Ant 1.6.3
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class GlobPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Attribute specifing whether to ignore the case difference
+     * Attribute specifying whether to ignore the case difference
      * in the names.
      *
      * @param caseSensitive a boolean, default is false.