diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix
index 01ae7e52c427..dc98b0a64297 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ lib.fix (
 
         postactionScripts = builtins.catAttrs "postactionScript" pkgList.tlpkg;
 
-        # whethe to include doc, source containers
+        # whether to include doc, source containers
         withDocs = false;
         withSources = false;