diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
index 01af9df15e..b2171a092e 100755
--- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
+++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ generate_update_branch_email()
 			echo "            \\"
 			echo "             O -- O -- O ($oldrev)"
 			echo ""
-			echo "The removed revisions are not necessarilly gone - if another reference"
+			echo "The removed revisions are not necessarily gone - if another reference"
 			echo "still refers to them they will stay in the repository."
 			rewind_only=1
 		else