diff --git a/git-filter-repo b/git-filter-repo
index 9be8bdab..9d836649 100755
--- a/git-filter-repo
+++ b/git-filter-repo
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ EXAMPLES
         help=_("By default, --sensitive-data-removal will trigger a "
                "mirror-like fetch of all refs from origin, discarding local "
                "changes, but ensuring that _all_ fetchable refs that hold on "
-               "to the sensitve data are rewritten.  This flag removes that "
+               "to the sensitive data are rewritten.  This flag removes that "
                "fetch, risking that other refs continue holding on to the "
                "sensitive data.  This option is implied by --partial or any "
                "flag that implies --partial."))