diff --git a/neutron/db/sqlalchemytypes.py b/neutron/db/sqlalchemytypes.py
index ead5584d637..9a1bac48a79 100644
--- a/neutron/db/sqlalchemytypes.py
+++ b/neutron/db/sqlalchemytypes.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class MACAddress(types.TypeDecorator):
 class TruncatedDateTime(types.TypeDecorator):
     """Truncates microseconds.
 
-    Use this for datetime fields so we don't have to worry about DB-specifc
+    Use this for datetime fields so we don't have to worry about DB-specific
     behavior when it comes to rounding/truncating microseconds off of
     timestamps.
     """