diff --git a/reference/session/sessionhandler.xml b/reference/session/sessionhandler.xml
index 89497da590..dc7f27f3a8 100644
--- a/reference/session/sessionhandler.xml
+++ b/reference/session/sessionhandler.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
   *
   * @param data $edata
   * @param string $password
-  * @return dencrypted data
+  * @return decrypted data
   */
 function decrypt($edata, $password) {
     $data = base64_decode($edata);