diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/ASTTypeUtil.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/ASTTypeUtil.java
index ea5b3f87a99..48bb8f91d56 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/ASTTypeUtil.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/ASTTypeUtil.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class ASTTypeUtil {
 	/**
 	 * Returns a string representation for the parameters of the given function type. The 
 	 * representation contains the comma-separated list of the normalized parameter type
-	 * representations wrapped in parenthesis. 
+	 * representations wrapped in parentheses. 
 	 */
 	public static String getParameterTypeString(IFunctionType type) {
 		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();