diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/partition.c b/src/backend/catalog/partition.c
index 66ec214e029..5daa8a1c19d 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/partition.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/partition.c
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ partition_bounds_equal(int partnatts, int16 *parttyplen, bool *parttypbyval,
 
 /*
  * Return a copy of given PartitionBoundInfo structure. The data types of bounds
- * are described by given partition key specificiation.
+ * are described by given partition key specification.
  */
 extern PartitionBoundInfo
 partition_bounds_copy(PartitionBoundInfo src,