diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchers.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchers.java
index eb1ebeb5307..da4be59ac15 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchers.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchers.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class XpathResultMatchers {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the response encoding if explicitely defined in the response, null otherwise
+	 * Get the response encoding if explicitly defined in the response, {code null} otherwise.
 	 */
 	private String getDefinedEncoding(MockHttpServletResponse response) {
 		return response.isCharset() ? response.getCharacterEncoding() : null;