diff --git a/validphys2/src/validphys/theorycovariance/construction.py b/validphys2/src/validphys/theorycovariance/construction.py
index eef1531f8b..beea77856e 100644
--- a/validphys2/src/validphys/theorycovariance/construction.py
+++ b/validphys2/src/validphys/theorycovariance/construction.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def compute_covs_pt_prescrip(point_prescription, name1, deltas1, name2=None, del
         s = covmat_n3lo_fhmv(name1, name2, deltas1, deltas2)
     elif point_prescription.startswith("alphas"):
         # alphas is correlated for all datapoints and the covmat construction is
-        # therefore equivalent to that of the factorizaiton scale variations
+        # therefore equivalent to that of the factorization scale variations
         s = covmat_3fpt(deltas1, deltas2)
     return s