diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
index 295456789..0bba3a6cd 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ check_distributed_deadlocks(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 
 /*
- * CheckForDistributedDeadlocks is the entry point for detecing
+ * CheckForDistributedDeadlocks is the entry point for detecting
  * distributed deadlocks.
  *
  * In plain words, the function first builds a wait graph by