diff --git a/codec-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/dns/DnsCodecUtil.java b/codec-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/dns/DnsCodecUtil.java
index ce5100284f..62a51aa5b7 100644
--- a/codec-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/dns/DnsCodecUtil.java
+++ b/codec-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/dns/DnsCodecUtil.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ final class DnsCodecUtil {
 
     /**
      * Decompress pointer data.
-     * @param compression comporession data
+     * @param compression compressed data
      * @return decompressed data
      */
     static ByteBuf decompressDomainName(ByteBuf compression) {