diff --git a/rel/pleroma_ctl b/rel/pleroma_ctl
index 1276bf339..ef2717c44 100755
--- a/rel/pleroma_ctl
+++ b/rel/pleroma_ctl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" == "help" ]; then
         rollback [VERSION]         Rollback database migrations (needs to be done before downgrading)
 
     and any mix tasks under Pleroma namespace, for example \`mix pleroma.user COMMAND\` is
-    equialent to \`$(basename "$0") user COMMAND\`
+    equivalent to \`$(basename "$0") user COMMAND\`
 "
 else
   SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")