diff --git a/contribs/lua/job_submit.lua b/contribs/lua/job_submit.lua
index 278a3e11e18b95d013c0e2240fb40e49d47b4027..2c3b403fcc5e59d1b35de97b64f53f2c8201dc47 100644
--- a/contribs/lua/job_submit.lua
+++ b/contribs/lua/job_submit.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  Example lua script demonstrating the SLURM job_submit/lua interface.
  This is only an example, not meant for use in its current form.
 
- Leave the function names, arguments, local varialbes and setmetatable
+ Leave the function names, arguments, local variables and setmetatable
  set up logic in each function unchanged. Change only the logic after
  the line containing "*** YOUR LOGIC GOES BELOW ***".