diff --git a/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c b/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
index bd4d818d6b..24116dacf8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static const AVOption showspectrum_options[] = {
     { "size", "set video size", OFFSET(w), AV_OPT_TYPE_IMAGE_SIZE, {.str = "640x512"}, 0, 0, FLAGS },
     { "s",    "set video size", OFFSET(w), AV_OPT_TYPE_IMAGE_SIZE, {.str = "640x512"}, 0, 0, FLAGS },
     { "slide", "set sliding mode", OFFSET(sliding), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, NB_SLIDES, FLAGS, "slide" },
-        { "replace", "replace old colums with new", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=REPLACE}, 0, 0, FLAGS, "slide" },
+        { "replace", "replace old columns with new", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=REPLACE}, 0, 0, FLAGS, "slide" },
         { "scroll", "scroll from right to left", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=SCROLL}, 0, 0, FLAGS, "slide" },
         { "fullframe", "return full frames", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=FULLFRAME}, 0, 0, FLAGS, "slide" },
     { "mode", "set channel display mode", OFFSET(mode), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=COMBINED}, COMBINED, NB_MODES-1, FLAGS, "mode" },