diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/BadRecordException.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/BadRecordException.scala
index 654b0b8c73e51..4fa6a2275e743 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/BadRecordException.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/BadRecordException.scala
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ case class PartialResultArrayException(
 
 /**
  * Exception thrown when the underlying parser met a bad record and can't parse it.
- * The stacktrace is not collected for better preformance, and thus, this exception should
+ * The stacktrace is not collected for better performance, and thus, this exception should
  * not be used in a user-facing context.
  * @param record a function to return the record that cause the parser to fail
  * @param partialResults a function that returns an row array, which is the partial results of