diff --git a/interceptors/authn/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/server/core/authn/AbstractAuthenticator.java b/interceptors/authn/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/server/core/authn/AbstractAuthenticator.java
index b673e0a..bcc93ee 100644
--- a/interceptors/authn/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/server/core/authn/AbstractAuthenticator.java
+++ b/interceptors/authn/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/server/core/authn/AbstractAuthenticator.java
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // Chekc that the password is not too old and need to be disabled
+        // Check that the password is not too old and need to be disabled
         if ( pPolicyConfig.getPwdMaxAge() > 0 )
         {
             // In case we have a grace number of attempts