diff --git a/src/libfetchers/git.cc b/src/libfetchers/git.cc
index 4505a6222..b6313af0c 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/git.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/git.cc
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
             if (nix::pathExists(path.abs()))
                 return RestrictedPathError("access to path '%s' is forbidden because it is not under Git control; maybe you should 'git add' it to the repository '%s'?", path, url);
             else
-                return RestrictedPathError("path '%s' does not exist in Git reposity '%s'", path, url);
+                return RestrictedPathError("path '%s' does not exist in Git repository '%s'", path, url);
         };
 
         return {makeFSInputAccessor(CanonPath(repoInfo.url), listFiles(repoInfo), std::move(makeNotAllowedError)), input};