diff --git a/include/vcl/UserResourceScanner.hxx b/include/vcl/UserResourceScanner.hxx
index 7a591a5951b4..db7da3accc90 100644
--- a/include/vcl/UserResourceScanner.hxx
+++ b/include/vcl/UserResourceScanner.hxx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ VCL_DLLPUBLIC bool readFileStatus(osl::FileStatus& rStatus, const OUString& rFil
 class VCL_DLLPUBLIC UserResourceScanner
 {
 protected:
-    /** Scans the provided directory for the resoruce.
+    /** Scans the provided directory for the resource.
      *
      * The returned strings will contain the URLs to the resources.
      */