diff --git a/src/nix/develop.cc b/src/nix/develop.cc
index 434088da7..9aaa80822 100644
--- a/src/nix/develop.cc
+++ b/src/nix/develop.cc
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct CmdDevelop : Common, MixEnvironment
         addFlag({
             .longName = "command",
             .shortName = 'c',
-            .description = "command and arguments to be executed insted of an interactive shell",
+            .description = "command and arguments to be executed instead of an interactive shell",
             .labels = {"command", "args"},
             .handler = {[&](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
                 if (ss.empty()) throw UsageError("--command requires at least one argument");