From 0b77d5f0f7737a3b6249178dea5a7ee7368ef583 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: parthokr <partho.kr@proton.me>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 23:07:57 +0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix typo in AuthenticationProvider Javadoc

Signed-off-by: parthokr <partho.kr@proton.me>
---
 .../security/authentication/AuthenticationProvider.java         | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AuthenticationProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AuthenticationProvider.java
index cf304f8d69f..8222f3be236 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public interface AuthenticationProvider {
 	 * </p>
 	 * <p>
 	 * Selection of an <code>AuthenticationProvider</code> capable of performing
-	 * authentication is conducted at runtime the <code>ProviderManager</code>.
+	 * authentication is conducted at runtime by the <code>ProviderManager</code>.
 	 * </p>
 	 * @param authentication
 	 * @return <code>true</code> if the implementation can more closely evaluate the