diff --git a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
index c38d52161c9..1133bd87a7d 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //! > module while the details of this module shake out.
 
 #![unstable(feature = "io",
-            reason = "this new I/O module is still under active deveopment and \
+            reason = "this new I/O module is still under active development and \
                       APIs are subject to tweaks fairly regularly")]
 
 use cmp;