diff --git a/modules/juce_core/xml/juce_XmlElement.h b/modules/juce_core/xml/juce_XmlElement.h
index c8e6ec7337..2754bd457b 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/xml/juce_XmlElement.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/xml/juce_XmlElement.h
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ public:
     //==============================================================================
     /** Returns true if this element is a section of text.
 
-        Elements can either be an XML tag element or a secton of text, so this
+        Elements can either be an XML tag element or a section of text, so this
         is used to find out what kind of element this one is.
 
         @see getAllText, addTextElement, deleteAllTextElements