diff --git a/linux.install b/linux.install
index 8ab9487..cb44e4e 100644
--- a/linux.install
+++ b/linux.install
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ post_upgrade() {
 
   if grep "^[^#]*[[:space:]]/boot" etc/fstab 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
     if ! grep "[[:space:]]/boot" etc/mtab 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
-      echo "WARNING: /boot appears to be a seperate partition but is not mounted."
+      echo "WARNING: /boot appears to be a separate partition but is not mounted."
       echo "         You probably just broke your system. Congratulations."
     fi
   fi