diff --git a/fetch.xml b/fetch.xml
index b79a353de..d28e56bb6 100644
--- a/fetch.xml
+++ b/fetch.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <!--
   =======================================================================
-    Build file to fetch optiona libraries for Apache Ant
+    Build file to fetch optional libraries for Apache Ant
 
    Copyright (c) 2005 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
    reserved.