diff --git a/erlang.mk b/erlang.mk
index e8492aee..469af7a4 100644
--- a/erlang.mk
+++ b/erlang.mk
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ pkg_check_node_commit = master
 
 PACKAGES += chronos
 pkg_chronos_name = chronos
-pkg_chronos_description = Timer module for Erlang that makes it easy to abstact time out of the tests.
+pkg_chronos_description = Timer module for Erlang that makes it easy to abstract time out of the tests.
 pkg_chronos_homepage = https://github.com/lehoff/chronos
 pkg_chronos_fetch = git
 pkg_chronos_repo = https://github.com/lehoff/chronos