diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/state.go b/builder/amazon/common/state.go
index c2390d8b1..b76352a5e 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/state.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/state.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func applyEnvOverrides(envOverrides overridableWaitVars) []request.WaiterOption
 	}
 	if len(waitOpts) == 0 {
 		log.Printf("No AWS timeout and polling overrides have been set. " +
-			"Packer will defalt to waiter-specific delays and timeouts. If you would " +
+			"Packer will default to waiter-specific delays and timeouts. If you would " +
 			"like to customize the length of time between retries and max " +
 			"number of retries you may do so by setting the environment " +
 			"variables AWS_POLL_DELAY_SECONDS and AWS_MAX_ATTEMPTS to your " +