diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/view.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/view.py
index a2e663366c2..133edd6e2cf 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/view.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/view.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 - specs resolved from the package names given by the user (the seeds)
 
-- all depenencies of the seeds unless user specifies `--no-depenencies`
+- all dependencies of the seeds unless user specifies `--no-dependencies`
 
 - less any specs with names matching the regular expressions given by
   `--exclude`