--- a/dom/system/gonk/Volume.cpp
+++ b/dom/system/gonk/Volume.cpp
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ VolumeObserverList Volume::sEventObserve
 // state, it gets assigned a new generation number. Whenever the state
 // of a Volume changes, we send the updated state and current generation
 // number to the main thread where it gets updated in the nsVolume.
 //
 // Since WakeLocks can only be queried from the main-thread, the
 // nsVolumeService looks for WakeLock status changes, and forwards
 // the results to the IOThread.
 //
-// If the Volume (IOThread) recieves a volume update where the generation
+// If the Volume (IOThread) receives a volume update where the generation
 // number mismatches, then the update is simply ignored.
 //
 // When a Volume (IOThread) initially becomes mounted, we assume it to
 // be locked until we get our first update from nsVolume (MainThread).
 static int32_t sMountGeneration = 0;
 
 static uint32_t sNextId = 1;