1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/logging/opentracing.py b/synapse/logging/opentracing.py
index 7df0aa197d..e58850faff 100644
--- a/synapse/logging/opentracing.py
+++ b/synapse/logging/opentracing.py
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ def start_active_span_from_edu(
     ]
 
     # For some reason jaeger decided not to support the visualization of multiple parent
-    # spans or explicitely show references. I include the span context as a tag here as
+    # spans or explicitly show references. I include the span context as a tag here as
     # an aid to people debugging but it's really not an ideal solution.
 
     references += _references