diff -u b/modules/field/field.module b/modules/field/field.module
--- b/modules/field/field.module
+++ b/modules/field/field.module
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@
  *
  * This method does not determine whether access is granted to the entity
  * itself, only the specific field. Callers are responsible for ensuring that
- * entity access is also respected. For Example, when checking field access for
+ * entity access is also respected. For example, when checking field access for
  * nodes, check node_access() before checking field_access() and when checking
  * field access for entities, check entity_access() before checking
  * field_access().