diff --git a/git.cabal b/git.cabal
index 3671da68352e0704c34576ba5f51a208502ce0e2..5467d6a10cb3de49523d1ec6f5c0c521bc695d87 100644
--- a/git.cabal
+++ b/git.cabal
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Description:
     .
     This implementation is fully interoperable with the main C implementation.
     .
-    This is stricly only manipulating the git store (what's inside the .git directory),
+    This is strictly only manipulating the git store (what's inside the .git directory),
     and doesn't do anything with the index or your working directory files.
     .
 License:             BSD3