diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Float.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Float.java
index a29f5d468a9..ffbe2b8246a 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Float.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Float.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.IntrinsicCandidate;
  * The class {@code java.lang.Double} has a <a
  * href="Double.html#equivalenceRelation">discussion of equality,
  * equivalence, and comparison of floating-point values</a> that is
- * equality applicable to {@code float} values.
+ * equally applicable to {@code float} values.
  *
  * @author  Lee Boynton
  * @author  Arthur van Hoff