diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
index 0e432e2fe4c..caa1d2fa8cc 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
@@ -514,31 +514,31 @@ pub fn init(opts: &NewOptions, config: &Config) -> CargoResult<NewProjectKind> {
     let mut version_control = opts.version_control;
 
     if version_control == None {
-        let mut num_detected_vsces = 0;
+        let mut num_detected_vcses = 0;
 
         if path.join(".git").exists() {
             version_control = Some(VersionControl::Git);
-            num_detected_vsces += 1;
+            num_detected_vcses += 1;
         }
 
         if path.join(".hg").exists() {
             version_control = Some(VersionControl::Hg);
-            num_detected_vsces += 1;
+            num_detected_vcses += 1;
         }
 
         if path.join(".pijul").exists() {
             version_control = Some(VersionControl::Pijul);
-            num_detected_vsces += 1;
+            num_detected_vcses += 1;
         }
 
         if path.join(".fossil").exists() {
             version_control = Some(VersionControl::Fossil);
-            num_detected_vsces += 1;
+            num_detected_vcses += 1;
         }
 
         // if none exists, maybe create git, like in `cargo new`
 
-        if num_detected_vsces > 1 {
+        if num_detected_vcses > 1 {
             anyhow::bail!(
                 "more than one of .hg, .git, .pijul, .fossil configurations \
                  found and the ignore file can't be filled in as \