diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
index 00152b0476..441a9deb7e 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const loadMemberSession = async function (req, res, next) {
 
 /**
  * Require member authentication, and make it possible to authenticate via uuid.
- * You can chain this after loadMemberSession to make it possible to authetnicate via both the uuid and the session.
+ * You can chain this after loadMemberSession to make it possible to authenticate via both the uuid and the session.
  */
 const authMemberByUuid = async function (req, res, next) {
     try {