diff --git a/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Edge_profile_impl.h b/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Edge_profile_impl.h
index 6f68bfd7861..a84081e2bad 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Edge_profile_impl.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Edge_profile_impl.h
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void Edge_profile<ECM>::Extract_triangle( vertex_descriptor const& v0
 }
 
 //
-// Extract all triangles (its normals) and vertices (the link) around the collpasing edge p_q
+// Extract all triangles (its normals) and vertices (the link) around the collapsing edge p_q
 //
 template<class ECM>
 void Edge_profile<ECM>::Extract_triangles_and_link()