diff --git a/cmd/lotus-gateway/main.go b/cmd/lotus-gateway/main.go
index 2023551ef..35a43e18b 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus-gateway/main.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus-gateway/main.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ var runCmd = &cli.Command{
 		},
 		&cli.DurationFlag{
 			Name:  "rate-limit-timeout",
-			Usage: "the maximum time to wait for the rate limter before returning an error to clients",
+			Usage: "the maximum time to wait for the rate limiter before returning an error to clients",
 			Value: gateway.DefaultRateLimitTimeout,
 		},
 		&cli.Int64Flag{