diff --git a/src/server/protocol.ts b/src/server/protocol.ts
index d8faad28b10..c7d27d80d25 100644
--- a/src/server/protocol.ts
+++ b/src/server/protocol.ts
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ namespace ts.server.protocol {
      * Represents a file in external project.
      * External project is project whose set of files, compilation options and open\close state
      * is maintained by the client (i.e. if all this data come from .csproj file in Visual Studio).
-     * External project will exist even if all files in it are closed and should be closed explicity.
+     * External project will exist even if all files in it are closed and should be closed explicitly.
      * If external project includes one or more tsconfig.json/jsconfig.json files then tsserver will
      * create configured project for every config file but will maintain a link that these projects were created
      * as a result of opening external project so they should be removed once external project is closed.