diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/util/LzoCompression.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/util/LzoCompression.java
index 915e1f09e90a9..d4c41c3da3b5b 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/util/LzoCompression.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/util/LzoCompression.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static InputStream createLzoInputStream(InputStream inputStream) throws I
   }
 
   /**
-   * Create a {@link InputStream} that will read from the given {@link InputStream} using {@link
+   * Create an {@link InputStream} that will read from the given {@link InputStream} using {@link
    * LzopCodec}.
    *
    * @param inputStream the stream to read compressed bytes from