diff --git a/base/toml_parser.jl b/base/toml_parser.jl
index 956c62196d6b8..916a93fdf0d22 100644
--- a/base/toml_parser.jl
+++ b/base/toml_parser.jl
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ const err_message = Dict(
     ErrExpectedEqualAfterKey                => "expected equal sign after key",
     ErrNoTrailingDigitAfterDot              => "expected digit after dot",
     ErrOverflowError                        => "overflowed when parsing integer",
-    ErrInvalidUnicodeScalar                 => "invalid uncidode scalar",
+    ErrInvalidUnicodeScalar                 => "invalid unicode scalar",
     ErrInvalidEscapeCharacter               => "invalid escape character",
     ErrUnexpectedEofExpectedValue           => "unexpected end of file, expected a value"
 )