diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/epsilon/epsilon_globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/epsilon/epsilon_globals.hpp
index fbcb9c47aab..23c663c3781 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/epsilon/epsilon_globals.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/epsilon/epsilon_globals.hpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
           "smaller TLABs until policy catches up.")                         \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, EpsilonElasticTLABDecay, true, EXPERIMENTAL,                \
-          "Use timed decays to shrik TLAB sizes. This conserves memory "    \
+          "Use timed decays to shrink TLAB sizes. This conserves memory "   \
           "for the threads that allocate in bursts of different sizes, "    \
           "for example the small/rare allocations coming after the initial "\
           "large burst.")                                                   \