diff --git a/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/proto/Utils.java b/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/proto/Utils.java
index d98b5f5d..61933a8d 100644
--- a/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/proto/Utils.java
+++ b/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/proto/Utils.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class Utils {
     }
     
     /**
-     * Return the IoBuffer with string ancoded as MSB, LSB and UTF-8 encoded
+     * Return the IoBuffer with string encoded as MSB, LSB and UTF-8 encoded
      * string content.
      */
     static IoBuffer encodeString(String str) {