diff --git a/include/osgDB/ReaderWriter b/include/osgDB/ReaderWriter
index 4b156d757..0f04cf935 100644
--- a/include/osgDB/ReaderWriter
+++ b/include/osgDB/ReaderWriter
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class OSGDB_EXPORT ReaderWriter : public osg::Object
                     FILE_LOADED, //!< File successfully found, loaded, and converted into osg.
                     FILE_LOADED_FROM_CACHE, //!< File found in cache and returned.
                     ERROR_IN_READING_FILE, //!< File found, loaded, but an error was encountered during processing.
-                    FILE_REQUESTED, //!< Asyncronous file read has been requested, but returning immediatiely, keep polling plugin till file read has been completed.
+                    FILE_REQUESTED //!< Asyncronous file read has been requested, but returning immediatiely, keep polling plugin till file read has been completed.
                 };
 
                 ReadResult(ReadStatus status=FILE_NOT_HANDLED):_status(status) {}