diff --git a/kittens/hints/main.py b/kittens/hints/main.py
index b12e776c1..49b2a7d25 100644
--- a/kittens/hints/main.py
+++ b/kittens/hints/main.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ Comma separated list of recognized URL prefixes.
 
 
 --word-characters
-Csha1,haracters to consider as part of a word. In addition, all characters marked as
+Characters to consider as part of a word. In addition, all characters marked as
 alpha-numeric in the unicode database will be considered as word characters.
 Defaults to the select_by_word_characters setting from kitty.conf.