diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java
index 95a8938b4..cdeab1b8b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class ResourceUtils {
      */
     public static final String ISO_8859_1 = "ISO-8859-1";
 
-    private static final long MAX_IO_CHUNCK_SIZE = 16*1024*1024; // 16 MB
+    private static final long MAX_IO_CHUNK_SIZE = 16*1024*1024; // 16 MB
 
     /**
      * Tells which source files should be reprocessed based on the
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ public class ResourceUtils {
                 long position = 0;
                 long count = srcChannel.size();
                 while (position < count) {
-                    long chunk = Math.min(MAX_IO_CHUNCK_SIZE, count - position);
+                    long chunk = Math.min(MAX_IO_CHUNK_SIZE, count - position);
                     position +=
                         srcChannel.transferTo(position, chunk,
                                               destChannel);