diff --git a/lisp/language/tamil.el b/lisp/language/tamil.el
index dfa1cdb1d9d..be02f07376c 100644
--- a/lisp/language/tamil.el
+++ b/lisp/language/tamil.el
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 		(input-method . "tamil-itrans")
 		(features tml-util)
 		(documentation . "\
-South Indian Language Tamikl supported in this language environment."))
+South Indian Language Tamil supported in this language environment."))
  '("Indian"))
 
 (provide 'tamil)