diff --git a/http/client.go b/http/client.go
index 941d4ebf20b5c9fa72077f3351b980d67a43ed87..d22ee40efb8de9409896ba6dccba0fed2dec827e 100644
--- a/http/client.go
+++ b/http/client.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (c *client) Execute(req *cmds.Request, re cmds.ResponseEmitter, env cmds.En
 	res, err := c.Send(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		if isConnRefused(err) {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("cannot connect to the api. Is the deamon running? To run as a standalone CLI command remove the api file in `$IPFS_PATH/api`")
+			err = fmt.Errorf("cannot connect to the api. Is the daemon running? To run as a standalone CLI command remove the api file in `$IPFS_PATH/api`")
 		}
 		return err
 	}