diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat/formula_specialties.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat/formula_specialties.rb
index ec5e91ce8a..78966625ee 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/compat/formula_specialties.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat/formula_specialties.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ end
 # This formula serves as the base class for several very similar
 # formulae for Amazon Web Services related tools.
 class AmazonWebServicesFormula < Formula
-  # Use this method to peform a standard install for Java-based tools,
+  # Use this method to perform a standard install for Java-based tools,
   # keeping the .jars out of HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib
   def install
     odeprecated "AmazonWebServicesFormula#install", "Formula#install"