diff --git a/examples/vertx/src/main/java/io/cloudevents/examples/vertx/SampleHTTPServer.java b/examples/vertx/src/main/java/io/cloudevents/examples/vertx/SampleHTTPServer.java
index 03a0aa595..d7c4fcf1e 100644
--- a/examples/vertx/src/main/java/io/cloudevents/examples/vertx/SampleHTTPServer.java
+++ b/examples/vertx/src/main/java/io/cloudevents/examples/vertx/SampleHTTPServer.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 
                 // We need to read the event from the HTTP request we get, so create a MessageReader.
                 VertxMessageFactory.createReader(request)
-                    // Covert the MessageReader to a CloudEvent.
+                    // Convert the MessageReader to a CloudEvent.
                     .map(MessageReader::toEvent)
                     .onSuccess(event -> {
                         // Print out the event.