diff --git a/docs/bugpattern/ClosingStandardOutputStreams.md b/docs/bugpattern/ClosingStandardOutputStreams.md
index 46200e2d61a9..329e941a70f6 100644
--- a/docs/bugpattern/ClosingStandardOutputStreams.md
+++ b/docs/bugpattern/ClosingStandardOutputStreams.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ subsequent standard output to be dropped, including stack traces from exceptions
 that propagate to the top level.
 
 Avoid using try-with-resources to manage `PrintWriter`s or `OutputStream`s that
-wrap `System.out` or `System.err`, since the try-with-resource statemnet will
+wrap `System.out` or `System.err`, since the try-with-resource statement will
 close the underlying streams.
 
 That is, prefer this: