diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 41aec3728e..f9b9aac8c4 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ No changes since 2.6.3.
   (and related, `TokenFilter`)
 #188: `JsonParser.getValueAsString()` should return field name for `JsonToken.FIELD_NAME`, not `null`
 #189: Add `JsonFactory.Feature.USE_THREAD_LOCAL_FOR_BUFFER_RECYCLING` (default: true), which may
-  be disabled to prevent use of ThreadLocal-based buffer recyling.
+  be disabled to prevent use of ThreadLocal-based buffer recycling.
  (suggested by soldierkam@github)
 #195: Add `JsonGenerator.getOutputBuffered()` to find out amount of content buffered,
   not yet flushed.
diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/util/BufferRecyclers.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/util/BufferRecyclers.java
index a1d7670457..62e61578a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/util/BufferRecyclers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/util/BufferRecyclers.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
 
 /**
- * Helper entity used to control access to simple buffer recyling scheme used for
+ * Helper entity used to control access to simple buffer recycling scheme used for
  * some encoding, decoding tasks.
  *
  * @see BufferRecycler