diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/google/crypto/tink/subtle/StreamingAeadSeekableDecryptingChannel.java b/java/src/main/java/com/google/crypto/tink/subtle/StreamingAeadSeekableDecryptingChannel.java
index 056320354b479eabe4715ad118b45d859e1db588..f891e8ce72635d4707b0fb2aded15627da3cb729 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/google/crypto/tink/subtle/StreamingAeadSeekableDecryptingChannel.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/google/crypto/tink/subtle/StreamingAeadSeekableDecryptingChannel.java
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class StreamingAeadSeekableDecryptingChannel implements SeekableByteChannel {
   /**
    * Atomic read from a given position.
    *
-   * This method works in the same way as read(ByteBuffer), except that is tart at the given
+   * This method works in the same way as read(ByteBuffer), except that it starts at the given
    * position and does not modify the channel's position.
    */
   public synchronized int read(ByteBuffer dst, long start) throws IOException {