diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/User.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/User.java
index 96c99e3492..b974d2d3ab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/User.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/User.java
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public class User implements UserDetails, CredentialsContainer {
 	 *
 	 * <pre>
 	 * <code>
-	 * UserDetails user = User.witUsername("user")
+	 * UserDetails user = User.withUsername("user")
 	 *     .password("{bcrypt}$2a$10$dXJ3SW6G7P50lGmMkkmwe.20cQQubK3.HZWzG3YB1tlRy.fqvM/BG")
 	 *     .roles("USER")
 	 *     .build();