diff --git a/cabal-install/cabal-install-solver/src/Distribution/Solver/Modular/Message.hs b/cabal-install/cabal-install-solver/src/Distribution/Solver/Modular/Message.hs
index 126c1628e9a29e1c165fd17d3ee8c9af0d924c55..d3fe35c20cbda7cf00e73802d8c127f4d7be964b 100644
--- a/cabal-install/cabal-install-solver/src/Distribution/Solver/Modular/Message.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/cabal-install-solver/src/Distribution/Solver/Modular/Message.hs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ showFR _ CannotInstall                    = " (only already installed instances
 showFR _ CannotReinstall                  = " (avoiding to reinstall a package with same version but new dependencies)"
 showFR _ NotExplicit                      = " (not a user-provided goal nor mentioned as a constraint, but reject-unconstrained-dependencies was set)"
 showFR _ Shadowed                         = " (shadowed by another installed package with same version)"
-showFR _ (Broken u)                       = " (package is broken, missing depenedency " ++ prettyShow u ++ ")"
+showFR _ (Broken u)                       = " (package is broken, missing dependency " ++ prettyShow u ++ ")"
 showFR _ UnknownPackage                   = " (unknown package)"
 showFR _ (GlobalConstraintVersion vr src) = " (" ++ constraintSource src ++ " requires " ++ prettyShow vr ++ ")"
 showFR _ (GlobalConstraintInstalled src)  = " (" ++ constraintSource src ++ " requires installed instance)"