diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/partial/SumEvaluator.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/partial/SumEvaluator.scala
index a74f80094434c02cbb00a5e25cc7db3b6558e620..d5336284571d2b33dbe6f92a518a16760df6ae04 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/partial/SumEvaluator.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/partial/SumEvaluator.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import cern.jet.stat.Probability
 import org.apache.spark.util.StatCounter
 
 /**
- * An ApproximateEvaluator for sums. It estimates the mean and the cont and multiplies them
+ * An ApproximateEvaluator for sums. It estimates the mean and the count and multiplies them
  * together, then uses the formula for the variance of two independent random variables to get
  * a variance for the result and compute a confidence interval.
  */