diff --git a/examples/helloworld/hello.js b/examples/helloworld/hello.js
index 7bf18d65b..a50409107 100644
--- a/examples/helloworld/hello.js
+++ b/examples/helloworld/hello.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 //
-// Fetch the PDF document from the URL using promices
+// Fetch the PDF document from the URL using promises
 //
 PDFJS.getDocument('helloworld.pdf').then(function(pdf) {
   // Using promise to fetch the page