diff --git a/src/flb_log_event_encoder.c b/src/flb_log_event_encoder.c
index 1574b697d4a..bb6507b8cbe 100644
--- a/src/flb_log_event_encoder.c
+++ b/src/flb_log_event_encoder.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ const char *flb_log_event_encoder_get_error_description(int error_code)
         break;
 
     case FLB_EVENT_ENCODER_ERROR_SERIALIZATION_FAILURE:
-        ret = "Serializatoin failure";
+        ret = "Serialization failure";
         break;
 
     case FLB_EVENT_ENCODER_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE_TYPE: