diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/GaxProperties.java b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/GaxProperties.java
index b76cb6af8643..dbd3ce65622c 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/GaxProperties.java
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/GaxProperties.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public static String getLibraryVersion(Class<?> libraryClass) {
    * Returns the version of the library that the {@code libraryClass} belongs to, or a property
    * value in dependencies.properties resource file instead, if the version was not found. The
    * method is doing I/O operations and is potentially inefficient, the values returned by this
-   * method are expected to be cached.
+   * method are expected to be cachedd.
    */
   public static String getLibraryVersion(Class<?> libraryClass, String propertyName) {
     String version = null;