diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 3b541eb7c..fb0f7308d 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ USE_HTTPS=true
 DOMAIN=your.domain.here
 EMAIL=your@email.here
 
-# Instance defualt language (see options at bookwyrm/settings.py "LANGUAGES"
+# Instance default language (see options at bookwyrm/settings.py "LANGUAGES"
 LANGUAGE_CODE="en-us"
 # Used for deciding which editions to prefer
 DEFAULT_LANGUAGE="English"