diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/DefaultPropertiesPersister.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/DefaultPropertiesPersister.java
index 1f04089433..4e5cd51169 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/DefaultPropertiesPersister.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/DefaultPropertiesPersister.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
  *
  * <p>The persistence code that works with Reader/Writer follows the JDK's parsing
  * strategy but does not implement Unicode conversion, because the Reader/Writer
- * should already apply proper decoding/encoding of characters. If you use prefer
+ * should already apply proper decoding/encoding of characters. If you prefer
  * to escape unicode characters in your properties files, do <i>not</i> specify
  * an encoding for a Reader/Writer (like ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource's
  * "defaultEncoding" and "fileEncodings" properties).