diff --git a/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c b/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c
index 452dd6c76ae41445602103dd105ac62993483a92..1eaceed365daa21bb225346c1b7c534ca205af51 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c
+++ b/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ extern int init ( void )
 {
 	char *proctrack = slurm_get_proctrack_type();
 	if(!strcasecmp(proctrack, "proctrack/pgid")) {
-		error("we will use a much slower algorythm with "
+		error("we will use a much slower algorithm with "
 		      "proctrack/pgid, use Proctracktype=proctrack/linuxproc "
 		      "or Proctracktype=proctrack/rms with %s",
 		      plugin_name);