diff --git a/kitty/main.py b/kitty/main.py
index 32fc017a3..fd7796fce 100644
--- a/kitty/main.py
+++ b/kitty/main.py
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def _main() -> None:
     if cli_opts.watcher:
         from .window import global_watchers
         global_watchers.set_extra(cli_opts.watcher)
-        log_error('The --watcher command line option has beed deprecated infavor of using the watcher option in kitty.conf')
+        log_error('The --watcher command line option has been deprecated in favor of using the watcher option in kitty.conf')
     try:
         with setup_profiling(cli_opts):
             # Avoid needing to launch threads to reap zombies