diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
index 3ae0d7ab77223b992c68f449939e4554a2f9a8af..29988c36c4a9a4aa08058e80c9f7bb0240cbbf3d 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ virStoragePoolDefParseSource(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
         }
         if (virStrToLong_uip(ver, NULL, 0, &source->protocolVer) < 0) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
-                           _("storage pool protocol ver '%s' is malformaed"),
+                           _("storage pool protocol ver '%s' is malformed"),
                            ver);
             goto cleanup;
         }