diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/location.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/location.py
index 39c225e9b2..307ee8982d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/location.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/location.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import spack
 import spack.cmd
 
-description="Print out locations of various diectories used by Spack"
+description="Print out locations of various directories used by Spack"
 
 def setup_parser(subparser):
     global directories