diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 09978f0a9853..45a3f2cac86a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "smol_str"
 version = "0.1.6"
 authors = ["Aleksey Kladov <aleksey.kladov@gmail.com>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/matklad/smol_str"
-description = "small-string optimized stirng type with O(1) clone"
+description = "small-string optimized string type with O(1) clone"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]