diff --git a/BUILDING.TXT b/BUILDING.TXT
index 99b41980a3205ebffc9f71a8568941586c45a572..9620b1b88b9f31a8b32cc37c2da0316d5c639d25 100644
--- a/BUILDING.TXT
+++ b/BUILDING.TXT
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 If you want simply to have the jenkins.war as fast as possible (without test execution), just use :
 mvn clean install -pl war -am -DskipTests
 the war will be in war/target/jenkins.war (you can play with it)
-You can desactivate test-harness execution with -Dskip-test-harness
+You can deactivate test-harness execution with -Dskip-test-harness
 Have Fun !!