diff --git a/usr.sbin/spray/spray.c b/usr.sbin/spray/spray.c
index bfbc5fdc6d08..d8d25ef8a33c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/spray/spray.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/spray/spray.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 
 	/* Spray server with packets */
-	printf ("sending %u packets of lnth %d to %s ...", count, length,
+	printf ("sending %u packets of length %d to %s ...", count, length,
 	    *argv);
 	fflush (stdout);