diff --git a/sbin/nvmecontrol/perftest.c b/sbin/nvmecontrol/perftest.c
index 59439d3ed2a..da75afc64d8 100644
--- a/sbin/nvmecontrol/perftest.c
+++ b/sbin/nvmecontrol/perftest.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ perftest(const struct cmd *f, int argc, char *argv[])
 		arg_help(argc, argv, f);
 	}
 	if (opt.time == 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "No time speciifed\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "No time specified\n");
 		arg_help(argc, argv, f);
 	}
 	io_test.time = opt.time;