diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/I2PThread.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/I2PThread.java
index 2b4c2a81e..3c08e3639 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/I2PThread.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/I2PThread.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
  * <li>Notification of OOM to registered listener (the router),
  *     which will cause logging to the wrapper log and a router restart
  * <li>Catching and logging "OOM" caused by thread limit in {@link #start()}
- *     with distint message, and does not call the OOM listener.
+ *     with distinct message, and does not call the OOM listener.
  * <li>As of 0.9.21, initialization to NORM_PRIORITY
  *     (not the priority of the creating thread).
  * </ul>