diff --git a/gnu/home/services/shells.scm b/gnu/home/services/shells.scm
index 81d07da86c..6b9ebe42e9 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services/shells.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services/shells.scm
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ (define-configuration home-shell-profile-configuration
 @code{profile} is a list of file-like objects, which will go to
 @file{~/.profile}.  By default @file{~/.profile} contains the
 initialization code, which have to be evaluated by login shell to make
-home-environment's profile avaliable to the user, but other commands
+home-environment's profile available to the user, but other commands
 can be added to the file if it is really necessary.
 
 In most cases shell's configuration files are preferred places for