diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3eef4fd4..b4fdea8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-api-core/#history
 
+## [2.16.2](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/compare/v2.16.1...v2.16.2) (2024-02-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Spelling error `a,out` -> `amount` ([#596](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/issues/596)) ([88688b1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/commit/88688b1625c4dab0df6124a0560f550eb322500f))
+
 ## [2.16.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/compare/v2.16.0...v2.16.1) (2024-01-30)
 
 
diff --git a/google/api_core/retry/retry_streaming_async.py b/google/api_core/retry/retry_streaming_async.py
index ed4edab2..2924ba14 100644
--- a/google/api_core/retry/retry_streaming_async.py
+++ b/google/api_core/retry/retry_streaming_async.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def on_error(e):
     Args:
         predicate (Callable[Exception]): A callable that should return ``True``
             if the given exception is retryable.
-        initial (float): The minimum a,out of time to delay in seconds. This
+        initial (float): The minimum amount of time to delay in seconds. This
             must be greater than 0.
         maximum (float): The maximum amount of time to delay in seconds.
         multiplier (float): The multiplier applied to the delay.
diff --git a/google/api_core/retry/retry_unary_async.py b/google/api_core/retry/retry_unary_async.py
index f97ea931..3bdf6c71 100644
--- a/google/api_core/retry/retry_unary_async.py
+++ b/google/api_core/retry/retry_unary_async.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class AsyncRetry(_BaseRetry):
     Args:
         predicate (Callable[Exception]): A callable that should return ``True``
             if the given exception is retryable.
-        initial (float): The minimum a,out of time to delay in seconds. This
+        initial (float): The minimum amount of time to delay in seconds. This
             must be greater than 0.
         maximum (float): The maximum amount of time to delay in seconds.
         multiplier (float): The multiplier applied to the delay.
diff --git a/google/api_core/version.py b/google/api_core/version.py
index 61e0c0a8..29741fa9 100644
--- a/google/api_core/version.py
+++ b/google/api_core/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.16.1"
+__version__ = "2.16.2"