diff --git a/sys-auth/pambase/metadata.xml b/sys-auth/pambase/metadata.xml
index 72386b394c26d..8c6bc7d0d64a8 100644
--- a/sys-auth/pambase/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-auth/pambase/metadata.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		</flag>
 		<flag name="pwquality">
 			Enable pam_pwquality module on system auth stack for passwd
-			quality validation. It is used be dafault by Fedora GNU/*/Linux.
+			quality validation. It is used by default by Fedora GNU/*/Linux.
 		</flag>
 		<flag name="mktemp">
 			Enable pam_mktemp module on system auth stack for session