diff --git a/src/lib/base/String.h b/src/lib/base/String.h
index 9c5a53ba..1fb5ba79 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/String.h
+++ b/src/lib/base/String.h
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ Finds the last dot and remove all characters from the dot to the end
 */
 std::string removeFileExt(std::string filename);
 
-//! Convert into hexdecimal
+//! Convert into hexadecimal
 /*!
-Convert each character in \c subject into hexdecimal form with \c width
+Convert each character in \c subject into hexadecimal form with \c width
 */
 std::string to_hex(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& subject, int width, const char fill = '0');