diff --git a/scalding-base/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/Execution.scala b/scalding-base/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/Execution.scala
index 0447e311d..d7fedf157 100644
--- a/scalding-base/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/Execution.scala
+++ b/scalding-base/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/Execution.scala
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ object Execution {
     /**
      * do a batch of writes, possibly optimizing, and return a new unique Long.
      *
-     * empty writes are legitmate and should still return a Long
+     * empty writes are legitimate and should still return a Long
      */
     def execute(conf: Config, writes: List[ToWrite[_]])(implicit
         cec: ConcurrentExecutionContext