diff --git a/test/lint/lint-shell.sh b/test/lint/lint-shell.sh
index 0c45d2413..ba0c906de 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-shell.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-shell.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if ! shellcheck "$EXCLUDE" $(git ls-files -- '*.sh' | grep -vE 'src/(leveldb|sec
 fi
 
 if ! command -v yq > /dev/null; then
-    echo "Skipping Gitian desriptor scripts checking since yq is not installed."
+    echo "Skipping Gitian descriptor scripts checking since yq is not installed."
     exit $EXIT_CODE
 fi