diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
index f654bcf22f..01513fd2ea 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public class NioSocketChannel extends AbstractNioByteChannel implements io.netty
             ByteBuffer[] nioBuffers = in.nioBuffers(1024, maxBytesPerGatheringWrite);
             int nioBufferCnt = in.nioBufferCount();
 
-            // Always us nioBuffers() to workaround data-corruption.
+            // Always use nioBuffers() to workaround data-corruption.
             // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2761
             switch (nioBufferCnt) {
                 case 0: