diff --git a/examples/io.c b/examples/io.c
index 601b19a44e2d39f7007c69130b8c94da88919702..df4710379209564936a6f980f8db5a23f37d35ec 100644
--- a/examples/io.c
+++ b/examples/io.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ read_file(const char *name, unsigned max_size, char **contents)
   f = fopen(name, "rb");
   if (!f)
     {
-      werror("Opening `%s' falied: %s\n", name, strerror(errno));
+      werror("Opening `%s' failed: %s\n", name, strerror(errno));
       return 0;
     }
   buffer = NULL;