diff --git a/tests/scripts/gdb.py b/tests/scripts/gdb.py
index d8229dea4c..6c39022a46 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/gdb.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/gdb.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ latter case, it saves a full backtrace and core file.
 
 These signals are considered part of normal operation and will not trigger the
 above handling:
-- SIGPIPE: normal in a networked environmnet
+- SIGPIPE: normal in a networked environment
 - SIGHUP: normally used to tell a process to shut down
 """