diff --git a/api/server/middleware.go b/api/server/middleware.go
index 5a987b015a..537ce8028f 100644
--- a/api/server/middleware.go
+++ b/api/server/middleware.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/middleware"
 )
 
-// handleWithGlobalMiddlwares wraps the handler function for a request with
+// handlerWithGlobalMiddlewares wraps the handler function for a request with
 // the server's global middlewares. The order of the middlewares is backwards,
 // meaning that the first in the list will be evaluated last.
 func (s *Server) handlerWithGlobalMiddlewares(handler httputils.APIFunc) httputils.APIFunc {