diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index 8e0fe01c6b..e9074dbe12 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ (define-public tinyxml
                #t))))))
     (synopsis "Small XML parser for C++")
     (description "TinyXML is a small and simple XML parsing library for the
-C++ programming langauge.")
+C++ programming language.")
     (home-page "http://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml/index.html")
     (license license:zlib)))