diff --git a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ContentSection.java b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ContentSection.java
index 7cc184b38..2e059cc74 100755
--- a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ContentSection.java
+++ b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ContentSection.java
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ public class ContentSection extends Application {
         return types;
     }
 
-    public ContentTypeCollection getDecendantsOfContentType(ContentType ct) {
+    public ContentTypeCollection getDescendantsOfContentType(ContentType ct) {
         ContentTypeCollection ctc = getContentTypes();
 
         // The Filter Factory
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ public class ContentSection extends Application {
         // The content type must be either of the requested type
         or.addFilter(ff.equals(ContentType.ID, ct.ID));
 
-        // Or must be a decendant of the requested type
+        // Or must be a descendant of the requested type
         try {
             StringTokenizer strTok = new StringTokenizer(ct.getDescendants(), "/");
             while (strTok.hasMoreElements()) {
diff --git a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/NewItemForm.java b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/NewItemForm.java
index 14409ada4..aebf3d26d 100755
--- a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/NewItemForm.java
+++ b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/NewItemForm.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public abstract class NewItemForm extends Form {
                     if (parentType == null) {
                         typesCollection = section.getCreatableContentTypes();
                     } else {
-                        typesCollection = section.getDecendantsOfContentType(parentType);
+                        typesCollection = section.getDescendantsOfContentType(parentType);
                     }
 
                     typesCollection.addOrder(ContentType.LABEL);
diff --git a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/search/ContentTypeFilterWidget.java b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/search/ContentTypeFilterWidget.java
index 1eb2209bd..afb2fa0b9 100755
--- a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/search/ContentTypeFilterWidget.java
+++ b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/search/ContentTypeFilterWidget.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class ContentTypeFilterWidget extends FilterWidget {
     }
 
     public ContentTypeFilterWidget(ContentSection section, ContentType parentType) {
-        this(section.getDecendantsOfContentType(parentType));
+        this(section.getDescendantsOfContentType(parentType));
         m_section = section;
         m_parentType = parentType;
     }
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class ContentTypeFilterWidget extends FilterWidget {
                 if (parentType == null) {
                     typesCollection = section.getContentTypes();
                 } else {
-                    typesCollection = section.getDecendantsOfContentType(parentType);
+                    typesCollection = section.getDescendantsOfContentType(parentType);
                 }
 
             } else {