diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
index 0b2b964bf7..af69e2b730 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ (define (purify-environment)
 (define (create-environment profile paths pure?)
   "Set the environment variables specified by PATHS for PROFILE.  When PURE?
 is #t, unset the variables in the current environment.  Otherwise, augment
-existing enviroment variables with additional search paths."
+existing environment variables with additional search paths."
   (when pure? (purify-environment))
   (for-each (match-lambda
               ((($ <search-path-specification> variable _ separator) . value)