diff --git a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/fdf/FDFAnnotationTextMarkup.java b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/fdf/FDFAnnotationTextMarkup.java
index 628cca697a9..1548d493fe4 100644
--- a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/fdf/FDFAnnotationTextMarkup.java
+++ b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/fdf/FDFAnnotationTextMarkup.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ protected FDFAnnotationTextMarkup(Element element) throws IOException
     /**
      * Set the coordinates of individual words or group of words.
      * 
-     * The quadliterals shall encompasses a word or group of contiguous words in the text underlying the annotation. The
+     * The quadliterals shall encompass a word or group of contiguous words in the text underlying the annotation. The
      * coordinates for each quadrilateral shall be given in the order x1 y1 x2 y2 x3 y3 x4 y4.
      *
      * @param coords an array of 8 􏰍 n numbers specifying the coordinates of n quadrilaterals.