diff --git a/gnu/packages/check.scm b/gnu/packages/check.scm
index 3fa65c5115..82391ac5e1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/check.scm
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ (define-public go-github.com-smartystreets-assertions
      `(("go-github.com-smartystreets-gunit" ,go-github.com-smartystreets-gunit)))
     (synopsis "Assertions for testing with Go")
     (description
-     "The @code{assertions} package provides convinient assertion functions
+     "The @code{assertions} package provides convenient assertion functions
 for writing tests in Go.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/smartystreets/assertions")
     (license license:expat)))