diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 137fec8d7a20c1642f7182f99974ad38a624c6fb..5747484b2026282725393776389535ac0b0813e5 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -10053,7 +10053,7 @@ Return a service that runs @command{mysqld}, the MySQL or MariaDB
 database server.
 
 The optional @var{config} argument specifies the configuration for
-@command{mysqld}, which should be a @code{<mysql-configuraiton>} object.
+@command{mysqld}, which should be a @code{<mysql-configuration>} object.
 @end deffn
 
 @deftp {Data Type} mysql-configuration