diff --git a/include/osgUtil/SceneView b/include/osgUtil/SceneView
index 32be9af2f..ac79a895c 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/SceneView
+++ b/include/osgUtil/SceneView
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT SceneView : public osg::Referenced, public osg::CullSetting
         /** Do draw traversal of draw bins generated by cull traversal.*/
         virtual void draw();
         
-        /** Releast all OpenGL objects from the scene graph, such as texture objects, display lists etc.
+        /** Release all OpenGL objects from the scene graph, such as texture objects, display lists etc.
           * These released scene graphs placed in the respective delete GLObjects cache, which
           * then need to be deleted in OpenGL by SceneView::flushAllDeleteGLObjects(). */
         virtual void releaseAllGLObjects();