diff --git a/legacy/evas/README b/legacy/evas/README
index 4fee5ef987..2747ecc1eb 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/README
+++ b/legacy/evas/README
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOW - VERY slow. Much slower than software. Also Mesa 3.2 and
 below has known bugs that cause a segv. It's been fixed in Mesa 3.3.
 
 If evas didn't find OpenGL it will have built a software only engine so you
-don't need to try hardware since this will fall back to sfotware mode
+don't need to try hardware since this will fall back to software mode
 automatically.
 
 There is a new evas_test program being written too - it's in progress, so