diff --git a/system/helpers/file_helper.php b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
index 8b15e60..cd1c641 100644
--- a/system/helpers/file_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * Read File
 	 *
-	 * Opens the file specfied in the path and returns it as a string.
+	 * Opens the file specified in the path and returns it as a string.
 	 *
 	 * @todo	Remove in version 3.1+.
 	 * @deprecated	3.0.0	It is now just an alias for PHP's native file_get_contents().