diff --git a/libs/native/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/nativeaccess/NativeAccess.java b/libs/native/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/nativeaccess/NativeAccess.java
index bf8c41ae9edb7..142171c5bbfcc 100644
--- a/libs/native/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/nativeaccess/NativeAccess.java
+++ b/libs/native/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/nativeaccess/NativeAccess.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static NativeAccess instance() {
     ProcessLimits getProcessLimits();
 
     /**
-     * Attempt to lock this process's virtualj memory address space into physical RAM.
+     * Attempt to lock this process's virtual memory address space into physical RAM.
      */
     void tryLockMemory();