diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/uri.ts b/src/vs/base/common/uri.ts
index 3de56c4ab75..a7a15341ed7 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/uri.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/uri.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export default class URI {
 		ret._scheme = 'file';
 
 		// normalize to fwd-slashes on windows,
-		// on other systems bwd-slaches are valid
+		// on other systems bwd-slashes are valid
 		// filename character, eg /f\oo/ba\r.txt
 		if (platform.isWindows) {
 			path = path.replace(/\\/g, URI._slash);