diff --git a/bitcoin/src/crypto/key.rs b/bitcoin/src/crypto/key.rs
index 1b3c3a484..1fd74b1a5 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/crypto/key.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/crypto/key.rs
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ impl CompressedPublicKey {
 
     /// Serializes the public key.
     ///
-    /// As the type name suggests, the key is serialzied in compressed format.
+    /// As the type name suggests, the key is serialized in compressed format.
     ///
     /// Note that this can be used as a sort key to get BIP67-compliant sorting.
     /// That's why this type doesn't have the `to_sort_key` method - it would duplicate this one.