diff --git a/src/plugins/auth/auth_authd.c b/src/plugins/auth/auth_authd.c
index b11bea573f68a3269d165d1e676e8ea5d8d994ab..2cb42848596e60433c6e3222bdcf3ec822a87cd3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/auth/auth_authd.c
+++ b/src/plugins/auth/auth_authd.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int init( void )
 {
 	const arg_desc_t *desc;
 	
-	verbose( "authd authenticaiton module initializing" );
+	verbose( "authd authentication module initializing" );
 
 	if ( ( desc = slurm_auth_get_arg_desc() ) == NULL ) {
 		error( "unable to query SLURM for argument vector layout" );