diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/bzip2/CBZip2InputStream.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/bzip2/CBZip2InputStream.java
index e2502958d..f28786f8a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/bzip2/CBZip2InputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/bzip2/CBZip2InputStream.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class CBZip2InputStream extends InputStream implements BZip2Constants {
     private CBZip2InputStream.Data data;
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a new CBZip2InputStream which decompresses bytes readed from
+     * Constructs a new CBZip2InputStream which decompresses bytes read from
      * the specified stream.
      *
      * <p>Although BZip2 headers are marked with the magic