diff --git a/src/journal/journald-server.c b/src/journal/journald-server.c
index f88365e268..dd31007a4d 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-server.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-server.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static bool shall_try_append_again(JournalFile *f, int r) {
                 return true;
 
         case -ENOTNAM:         /* Monotonic time (CLOCK_MONOTONIC) jumped backwards relative to last journal entry */
-                log_ratelimit_warning(JOURNAL_LOG_RATELIMIT, "%s: Montonic clock jumped backwards relative to last journal entry, rotating.", f->path);
+                log_ratelimit_warning(JOURNAL_LOG_RATELIMIT, "%s: Monotonic clock jumped backwards relative to last journal entry, rotating.", f->path);
                 return true;
 
         case -EILSEQ:          /* seqnum ID last used in the file doesn't match the one we'd passed when writing an entry to it */