diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 857beb58..ca9bdb8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ Message: Automatic deploy lock
 You can also manually acquire and release the lock
 
 ```
-mrsk lock acquire -m "Doing maintanence"
+mrsk lock acquire -m "Doing maintenance"
 ```
 
 ```