diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/BlockingRpcConnection.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/BlockingRpcConnection.java
index b1c3ea21ba5b..b152a1dbe33f 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/BlockingRpcConnection.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/BlockingRpcConnection.java
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ private void processResponseForConnectionHeader() throws IOException {
 
   private void negotiateCryptoAes(RPCProtos.CryptoCipherMeta cryptoCipherMeta)
       throws IOException {
-    // initilize the Crypto AES with CryptoCipherMeta
+    // initialize the Crypto AES with CryptoCipherMeta
     saslRpcClient.initCryptoCipher(cryptoCipherMeta, this.rpcClient.conf);
     // reset the inputStream/outputStream for Crypto AES encryption
     this.in = new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(saslRpcClient.getInputStream()));