diff --git a/Formula/mysql.rb b/Formula/mysql.rb
index 162c7669163..9002a3c8217 100644
--- a/Formula/mysql.rb
+++ b/Formula/mysql.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Mysql < Formula
         unset TMPDIR
         mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=#{var}/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp
 
-    To set up base tables in another folder, or use a differnet user to run
+    To set up base tables in another folder, or use a different user to run
     mysqld, view the help for mysqld_install_db:
         mysql_install_db --help