diff --git a/utils/nio/src/main/java/org/onlab/nio/MessageStream.java b/utils/nio/src/main/java/org/onlab/nio/MessageStream.java
index 89107bf..a7416e9 100644
--- a/utils/nio/src/main/java/org/onlab/nio/MessageStream.java
+++ b/utils/nio/src/main/java/org/onlab/nio/MessageStream.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads, withouth blocking, a list of messages from the stream.
+     * Reads, without blocking, a list of messages from the stream.
      * The list will be empty if there were not messages pending.
      *
      * @return list of messages or null if backing channel has been closed