diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/rmic/src/AntTimestamp.java b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/rmic/src/AntTimestamp.java
index 195833fcb..eed69e772 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/rmic/src/AntTimestamp.java
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/rmic/src/AntTimestamp.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class AntTimestamp implements RemoteTimestamp {
     /**
      * return the phase of the moon.
      * Note the completely different semantics of the other implementation,
-     * which goes to show why signature is an inadeuqate way of verifying
+     * which goes to show why signature is an inadequate way of verifying
      * how well an interface is implemented.
      *
      * @return