diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 911fd65990..2efe593734 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			committer = git_committer_info(IDENT_ERROR_ON_NO_NAME);
 			endpos = strchr(committer, '>');
 			if (!endpos)
-				die("bogos committer info %s\n", committer);
+				die("bogus committer info %s\n", committer);
 			add_signoff = xmemdupz(committer, endpos - committer + 1);
 		}
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--attach")) {