diff --git a/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl b/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl
index 68256be424df..c142639b27f1 100644
--- a/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl
+++ b/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl
@@ -3308,7 +3308,7 @@ Puts the calling process into a wait state where its memory allocation has been
 reduced as much as possible. This is useful if the process does not expect to
 receive any messages soon.
 
-The process is awakend when a message is sent to it, and control resumes in
+The process is awakened when a message is sent to it, and control resumes in
 `Module:Function` with the arguments specified by `Args` with the call stack
 emptied, meaning that the process terminates when that function returns. Thus
 `erlang:hibernate/3` never returns to its caller. The resume function