diff --git a/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/resources/plugins.properties b/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/resources/plugins.properties
index 50b958fa85d..6fa0248531f 100644
--- a/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/resources/plugins.properties
+++ b/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/resources/plugins.properties
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ copy-files.argument=<List of <file path>=<image target> to copy to the image>.
 
 copy-files.description=\
 If files to copy are not absolute path, JDK home dir is used.\n\
-e.g.: jrt-fs.jar,LICENSE,/home/me/myfile.txt=somewehere/conf.txt
+e.g.: jrt-fs.jar,LICENSE,/home/me/myfile.txt=somewhere/conf.txt
 
 exclude-files.argument=<pattern-list> of files to exclude