diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryConfigurationUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryConfigurationUtils.java
index 1d43ac07e..aaddfa69a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryConfigurationUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryConfigurationUtils.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public interface RepositoryConfigurationUtils {
 
 	/**
 	 * Registers the given {@link RepositoryConfigurationExtension} to indicate the repository configuration for a
-	 * particular store (expressed through the extension's concrete type) has appened. Useful for downstream components
+	 * particular store (expressed through the extension's concrete type) has happened. Useful for downstream components
 	 * that need to detect exactly that case. The bean definition is marked as lazy-init so that it doesn't get
 	 * instantiated if no one really cares.
 	 *