diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/regexpExpressions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/regexpExpressions.scala
index a36da8e94b3adf4120ca2a118fe2b88879adb7b5..3fa84589e3c6886365d30e09266436b36c70f235 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/regexpExpressions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/regexpExpressions.scala
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ abstract class StringRegexExpression extends BinaryExpression
 
           _ matches any one character in the input (similar to . in posix regular expressions)
 
-          % matches zero ore more characters in the input (similar to .* in posix regular
+          % matches zero or more characters in the input (similar to .* in posix regular
           expressions)
 
         The escape character is '\'. If an escape character precedes a special symbol or another