diff --git a/commons-numbers-complex/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/numbers/complex/Complex.java b/commons-numbers-complex/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/numbers/complex/Complex.java
index 56b891a..e69381b 100644
--- a/commons-numbers-complex/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/numbers/complex/Complex.java
+++ b/commons-numbers-complex/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/numbers/complex/Complex.java
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@
             // Check for over/underflow in |z|
             // When scaling:
             // log(a / b) = log(a) - log(b)
-            // So initialise the result with the log of the scale factor.
+            // So initialize the result with the log of the scale factor.
             re = 0;
             if (x > Double.MAX_VALUE / 2) {
                 // Potential overflow.