diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 5dcd546c0..8a19aa208 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ class FilePathField(ChoiceField):
 
     def __init__(self, path, match=None, recursive=False, allow_files=True,
                  allow_folders=False, required=None, **kwargs):
-        # Defer to Django's FilePathField implmentation to get the
+        # Defer to Django's FilePathField implementation to get the
         # valid set of choices.
         field = DjangoFilePathField(
             path, match=match, recursive=recursive, allow_files=allow_files,