diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/erlang.mk b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/erlang.mk
index fea84ba51a..058af61a18 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/erlang.mk
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/erlang.mk
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ pkg_check_node_commit = master
 
 PACKAGES += chronos
 pkg_chronos_name = chronos
-pkg_chronos_description = Timer module for Erlang that makes it easy to abstact time out of the tests.
+pkg_chronos_description = Timer module for Erlang that makes it easy to abstract time out of the tests.
 pkg_chronos_homepage = https://github.com/lehoff/chronos
 pkg_chronos_fetch = git
 pkg_chronos_repo = https://github.com/lehoff/chronos