diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-iam/lib/policy.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-iam/lib/policy.ts
index 6c006c6576120..795049a1cc163 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-iam/lib/policy.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-iam/lib/policy.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export interface PolicyProps {
    * creating invalid--and hence undeployable--CloudFormation templates.
    *
    * In cases where you know the policy must be created and it is actually
-   * an error if no statements have been added to it, you can se this to `true`.
+   * an error if no statements have been added to it, you can set this to `true`.
    *
    * @default false
    */