diff --git a/icu4j/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/coverage/JacocoReportCheck.java b/icu4j/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/coverage/JacocoReportCheck.java
index 84b5854865f..99e9b01899a 100644
--- a/icu4j/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/coverage/JacocoReportCheck.java
+++ b/icu4j/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/coverage/JacocoReportCheck.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class JacocoReportCheck {
 
         if (coveredButExcludedSet.size() > 0) {
             System.out.println("//");
-            System.out.println("// Methods coverved by tests, but included in the exclusion set");
+            System.out.println("// Methods covered by tests, but included in the exclusion set");
             System.out.println("//");
             for (String key : coveredButExcludedSet) {
                 System.out.println(key);