diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py
index 79609e4766..08e9d0e0e8 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To enable this feature, set in a settings.py:
 This was taken from StackOverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14830669/how-to-expire-django-session-in-5minutes)
 
 If left unset, session expiration will be handled by Django's SESSION_COOKIE_AGE,
-which defauts to 1209600 (2 weeks, in seconds).
+which defaults to 1209600 (2 weeks, in seconds).
 """