diff --git a/controller_manager/controller_manager/spawner.py b/controller_manager/controller_manager/spawner.py
index c47c160a09..c024a071f6 100644
--- a/controller_manager/controller_manager/spawner.py
+++ b/controller_manager/controller_manager/spawner.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def main(args=None):
         "-p",
         "--param-file",
         help="Controller param file to be loaded into controller node before configure. "
-        "Parse multiple times to load different files for different controllers or to "
+        "Pass multiple times to load different files for different controllers or to "
         "override the parameters of the same controller.",
         default=None,
         action="append",