diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Exception.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Exception.php
index 019a27c8b2d4c01b7d626cce9726d83c8bcd280a..bd54a9a814db11d84d526670d7bcb81e49d60e70 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Exception.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Exception.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_Error_Exception extends Exception
      *
      * Override to allow errors extending this class to specify the log level themselves.
      *
-     * @param int $default_level The log level to use if this method was not overriden.
+     * @param int $default_level The log level to use if this method was not overridden.
      */
     public function log($default_level)
     {