diff --git a/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/SSLSocketChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/SSLSocketChannel.java
index 044f8b07..ed8a797d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/SSLSocketChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/SSLSocketChannel.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class SSLSocketChannel implements WrappedByteChannel, ByteChannel, ISSLCh
 	private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SSLSocketChannel.class);
 
 	/**
-	 * The underlaying socket channel
+	 * The underlying socket channel
 	 */
 	private final SocketChannel socketChannel;