diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/logs-monitor.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/logs-monitor.ts
index 5594d3f4cb8ff..194a370d98521 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/logs-monitor.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/logs-monitor.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export class CloudWatchLogEventMonitor {
       }
       // As long as there are _any_ events in the log group `filterLogEvents` will return a nextToken.
       // This is true even if these events are before `startTime`. So if we have 100 events and a nextToken
-      // then assume that we have hit the limit and let the user know some messages have been supressed.
+      // then assume that we have hit the limit and let the user know some messages have been suppressed.
       // We are essentially showing them a sampling (10000 events printed out is not very useful)
       if (filteredEvents.length === 100 && response.nextToken) {
         events.push({