diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/instrumentation.ts
index 816b388adb..a20d195b1c 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export class ExpressInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
       // some properties holding metadata and state so we need to proxy them
       // through through patched function
       // ref: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/issues/1950
-      // Also some apps/libs do their own patching before OTEL and have these propeties
+      // Also some apps/libs do their own patching before OTEL and have these properties
       // in the proptotype. So we use a `for...in` loop to get own properties and also
       // any enumerable prop in the prototype chain
       // ref: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/issues/2271