diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccef0297..cb495230 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ end-to-end demo has only been tested on Linux.
 If you don't have a Linux box handy, you can [view the generated
 output](http://google.github.io/rappor/examples/report.html).
 
-To setup your enviroment there are some packages and R dependencies. There is a setup script to install them:
+To setup your environment there are some packages and R dependencies. There is a setup script to install them:
     $ ./setup.sh
 Then to build the native components run:
     $ ./build.sh