diff --git a/java/org/apache/tomcat/websocket/server/WsServerContainer.java
b/java/org/apache/tomcat/websocket/server/WsServerContainer.java
index d2c824c..a663e8e 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/tomcat/websocket/server/WsServerContainer.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/tomcat/websocket/server/WsServerContainer.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class WsServerContainer extends
WsWebSocketContainer
* must be called before calling this method.
*
* @param sec The configuration to use when creating endpoint
instances
- * @throws DeploymentException if the endpoint can not be published as
+ * @throws DeploymentException if the endpoint cannot be published as
* requested
*/
@Override