diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/imports/imports.html b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/imports/imports.html
index 108003d85..8819220fb 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/imports/imports.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/imports/imports.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         >
             <div class="notification">
                 {% trans "This is only intended to be used when things have gone very wrong with imports and you need to pause the feature while addressing issues." %}
-                {% trans "While imports are disabled, users will not be allowed to start new imports, but existing imports will not be effected." %}
+                {% trans "While imports are disabled, users will not be allowed to start new imports, but existing imports will not be affected." %}
             </div>
             {% csrf_token %}
             <div class="control">