diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/GenotypeWriter.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/GenotypeWriter.java
index d78d84f81..b8b380b34 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/GenotypeWriter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/GenotypeWriter.java
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ public interface GenotypeWriter {
     /**
      * @return true if we support multisample, false otherwise
      */
-    public boolean supportsMulitSample();
+    public boolean supportsMultiSample();
 
 }
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/geli/GeliAdapter.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/geli/GeliAdapter.java
index 881e7aaa2..e555a238e 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/geli/GeliAdapter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/geli/GeliAdapter.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class GeliAdapter implements GenotypeWriter {
 
     /** @return true if we support multisample, false otherwise */
     @Override
-    public boolean supportsMulitSample() {
+    public boolean supportsMultiSample() {
         return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/geli/GeliTextWriter.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/geli/GeliTextWriter.java
index 0823ff32a..3f7bc7d9a 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/geli/GeliTextWriter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/geli/GeliTextWriter.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class GeliTextWriter implements GenotypeWriter {
 
     /** @return true if we support multisample, false otherwise */
     @Override
-    public boolean supportsMulitSample() {
+    public boolean supportsMultiSample() {
         return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/glf/GLFWriter.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/glf/GLFWriter.java
index 7f2e7df06..1534dc98a 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/glf/GLFWriter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/glf/GLFWriter.java
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ public class GLFWriter implements GenotypeWriter {
 
     /** @return true if we support multisample, false otherwise */
     @Override
-    public boolean supportsMulitSample() {
+    public boolean supportsMultiSample() {
         return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/tabular/TabularLFWriter.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/tabular/TabularLFWriter.java
index 8930a1c08..7e518960e 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/tabular/TabularLFWriter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/tabular/TabularLFWriter.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class TabularLFWriter implements GenotypeWriter {
 
     /** @return true if we support multisample, false otherwise */
     @Override
-    public boolean supportsMulitSample() {
+    public boolean supportsMultiSample() {
         return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java
index 2e22acb00..3f38a53c0 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter implements GenotypeWriter {
 
     /** @return true if we support multisample, false otherwise */
     @Override
-    public boolean supportsMulitSample() {
+    public boolean supportsMultiSample() {
         return true;
     }