diff --git a/lisp/gnus-ems.el b/lisp/gnus-ems.el
index 0e3fdf648e8..080e3b5a5d8 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus-ems.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus-ems.el
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 ;;; This file has been censored by the Communications Decency Act.
 ;;; That law was passed under the guise of a ban on pornography, but
-;;; it bans far more than that.  This file did not contain pornograpy,
+;;; it bans far more than that.  This file did not contain pornography,
 ;;; but it was censored nonetheless.
 
 ;;; For information on US government censorship of the Internet, and