diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bfa6936bf..bbf495ea9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ before_install:
   # in a Travis cron, but with a different set of tests than master has
   # in .travis.yml.
   - cp .travis.yml /tmp/travis.yml
-  - git pull origin warnings-as-errors --strategy=recursive --strategy-option=theirs --no-edit
+  - git pull origin warnings-are-errors --strategy=recursive --strategy-option=theirs --no-edit
   - if ! git diff .travis.yml /tmp/travis.yml ; then echo "Please merge master into test-everything"; exit 1; fi
   - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != osx ] || tests/travis-macos-setup.sh'