diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 99a457cd..d4623451 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ option('selinux', type : 'boolean', value : true,
 option('udev', type : 'boolean', value : true,
        description : 'build the libudev integration (requires libudev-devel)')
 option('man', type : 'boolean', value : true,
-       description : 'build and install man pages (requires spinx-build')
+       description : 'build and install man pages (requires sphinx-build')