diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
index 9ade5b64..3a97c438 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ class SafeMatcherCastImpl {
     // type U.
     GTEST_COMPILE_ASSERT_(
         internal::is_reference<T>::value || !internal::is_reference<U>::value,
-        cannot_convert_non_referentce_arg_to_reference);
+        cannot_convert_non_reference_arg_to_reference);
     // In case both T and U are arithmetic types, enforce that the
     // conversion is not lossy.
     typedef GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_AND_CONST_(T) RawT;