diff --git a/bandit/blacklists/calls.py b/bandit/blacklists/calls.py
index 37ad1013e..86e71f403 100644
--- a/bandit/blacklists/calls.py
+++ b/bandit/blacklists/calls.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 This blacklist data checks for a number of Python calls known to have possible
 security implications. The following blacklist tests are run against any
-function calls encoutered in the scanned code base, triggered by encoutering
+function calls encountered in the scanned code base, triggered by encoutering
 ast.Call nodes.
 
 B301: pickle