diff --git a/prog/pwm/pwmconfig b/prog/pwm/pwmconfig
index fed43c0b..58963b34 100755
--- a/prog/pwm/pwmconfig
+++ b/prog/pwm/pwmconfig
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PIDFILE="/var/run/fancontrol.pid"
 if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]
 then
 	echo "File $PIDFILE exists. This typically means that the"
-	echo "fancontrol deamon is running. You should stop it before running pwmconfig."
+	echo "fancontrol daemon is running. You should stop it before running pwmconfig."
 	echo "If you are certain that fancontrol is not running, then you can delete"
 	echo "$PIDFILE manually."
 	exit 1