--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp	2014-01-30 13:11:00.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp	2014-01-30 13:11:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@
                            char fileSep,
                            char pathSep) {
     assert((fileSep == '/' && pathSep == ':') ||
-           (fileSep == '\\' && pathSep == ';'), "unexpected seperator chars");
+           (fileSep == '\\' && pathSep == ';'), "unexpected separator chars");
 
     // Scan the format string to determine the length of the actual
     // boot classpath, and handle platform dependencies as well.