diff --git a/spring-batch-elasticsearch/README.md b/spring-batch-elasticsearch/README.md
index 8ce3e38..aac8273 100644
--- a/spring-batch-elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/spring-batch-elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class SampleItemProcess implements ItemProcessor<Object, IndexQuery> {
    public IndexQuery process(Object item) throws Exception {
              
       SomeClass someClass = new SomeClass();
-      // pouplate someClass from item (Object)
+      // populate someClass from item (Object)
              
       IndexQueryBuilder builder = new IndexQueryBuilder();
       builder.withObject(someClass);
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ public class ReaderWriterConfig {
 ```
 
 ##### NOTE
-The Pageable object from the Query object will be used for paged requests. Setting the page and pageSize fields (inherited from AbstractPaginatedDataItemReader) will have no effect.
\ No newline at end of file
+The Pageable object from the Query object will be used for paged requests. Setting the page and pageSize fields (inherited from AbstractPaginatedDataItemReader) will have no effect.