diff --git a/pages/linux/inotifywait.md b/pages/linux/inotifywait.md
index 9806afb06..721be74d3 100644
--- a/pages/linux/inotifywait.md
+++ b/pages/linux/inotifywait.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 - Exclude files matching a regular expression:
 
-`while inotifywait --recursive {{path/to/directory}} --exlude '{{regular_expression}}'; do {{command}}; done`
+`while inotifywait --recursive {{path/to/directory}} --exclude '{{regular_expression}}'; do {{command}}; done`
 
 - Wait at most 30 seconds: