diff --git a/src/plugins/gramplet/gramplet.gpr.py b/src/plugins/gramplet/gramplet.gpr.py
index 5589533fa..fa9db4750 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gramplet/gramplet.gpr.py
+++ b/src/plugins/gramplet/gramplet.gpr.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ register(GRAMPLET,
 register(GRAMPLET, 
          id="Calendar Gramplet", 
          name=_("Calendar Gramplet"), 
-         description = _("Gramplet showing calendar and events on specfic dates in history"),
+         description = _("Gramplet showing calendar and events on specific dates in history"),
          status = STABLE,
          fname="CalendarGramplet.py",
          height=200,