diff --git a/include/caffe/layer.hpp b/include/caffe/layer.hpp
index 30dbfd53758..44c0a6c25d0 100644
--- a/include/caffe/layer.hpp
+++ b/include/caffe/layer.hpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Layer {
    *     the allocated but unshaped output blobs
    *
    * This method should do one-time layer specific setup. This includes reading
-   * and processing relevent parameters from the <code>layer_param_</code>.
+   * and processing relevant parameters from the <code>layer_param_</code>.
    * Setting up the shapes of top blobs and internal buffers should be done in
    * <code>Reshape</code>, which will be called before the forward pass to
    * adjust the top blob sizes.