diff --git a/py-cameo/Makefile b/py-cameo/Makefile
index c77746d9084..874940a966b 100644
--- a/py-cameo/Makefile
+++ b/py-cameo/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PYPI:=c/cameo/}
 
 MAINTAINER=	jihbed.research@gmail.com
 HOMEPAGE=	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/c/cameo/
-COMMENT=	Computer aided metabolic engineering & optimziation
+COMMENT=	Computer aided metabolic engineering & optimization
 LICENSE=	apache-2.0
 
 #DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-cobra>=0.4.0:../../wip/py-cobra-0.4.0