diff --git a/src/creds/io.systemd.credentials.policy b/src/creds/io.systemd.credentials.policy
index f94571b215..b4e911fd1e 100644
--- a/src/creds/io.systemd.credentials.policy
+++ b/src/creds/io.systemd.credentials.policy
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
         <action id="io.systemd.credentials.decrypt">
                 <description gettext-domain="systemd">Allow decryption of system credentials.</description>
-                <message gettext-domain="systemd">Authentication is required for an application to decrypto a system credential.</message>
+                <message gettext-domain="systemd">Authentication is required for an application to decrypt a system credential.</message>
                 <defaults>
                         <allow_any>auth_admin_keep</allow_any>
                         <allow_inactive>auth_admin_keep</allow_inactive>