--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.hpp	Tue Jan 14 16:40:33 2014 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.hpp	Thu Jan 23 14:47:23 2014 +0100
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
 // HandleMarks manually.
 //
 // A HandleMark constructor will record the current handle area top, and the
-// desctructor will reset the top, destroying all handles allocated in between.
+// destructor will reset the top, destroying all handles allocated in between.
 // The following code will therefore NOT work:
 //
 //   Handle h;