diff --git a/client/gc.go b/client/gc.go
index a350b7e9c..115021057 100644
--- a/client/gc.go
+++ b/client/gc.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type AllocGarbageCollector struct {
 func NewAllocGarbageCollector(logger *log.Logger, statsCollector stats.NodeStatsCollector, ac AllocCounter, config *GCConfig) *AllocGarbageCollector {
 	// Require at least 1 to make progress
 	if config.ParallelDestroys <= 0 {
-		logger.Printf("[WARN] client.gc: garbage collector defaulting parallism to 1 due to invalid input value of %d", config.ParallelDestroys)
+		logger.Printf("[WARN] client.gc: garbage collector defaulting parallelism to 1 due to invalid input value of %d", config.ParallelDestroys)
 		config.ParallelDestroys = 1
 	}