diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 736c627e4..0ff09fc8c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if(Cabana_REQUIRE_HDF5)
 else()
   Cabana_add_dependency( PACKAGE MPI COMPONENTS CXX )
 endif()
-set_package_properties(MPI PROPERTIES TYPE RECOMMENDED PURPOSE "Used for parallization")
+set_package_properties(MPI PROPERTIES TYPE RECOMMENDED PURPOSE "Used for parallelization")
 
 # find ArborX
 Cabana_add_dependency( PACKAGE ArborX )