diff --git a/core/java/android/text/Editable.java b/core/java/android/text/Editable.java
index 3396bceb75d00..a942f6ce28793 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/Editable.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/Editable.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ extends CharSequence, GetChars, Spannable, Appendable
         }
 
         /**
-         * Returns a new SpannedStringBuilder from the specified
+         * Returns a new SpannableStringBuilder from the specified
          * CharSequence.  You can override this to provide
          * a different kind of Spanned.
          */