diff --git a/tools/nettle-hash.c b/tools/nettle-hash.c
index 061eb78d48d7231d63b23b5d92ded3f471d55e18..afb388e50fd3929d2ef48d84d40d50a3fcaa11a1 100644
--- a/tools/nettle-hash.c
+++ b/tools/nettle-hash.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ list_algorithms (void)
 {
   unsigned i;
   const struct nettle_hash *alg;
-  printf ("%10s digestsize (internal block size), in units of octest\n", "name");
+  printf ("%10s digestsize (internal block size), in units of octets\n", "name");
 
   for (i = 0; (alg = nettle_hashes[i]); i++)
     printf ("%10s %d (%d)\n",