diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
index e8999d6224f..946d79367c4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@ void QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::raiseNamePrefixTooLongError()
 {
     // TODO: add a ImplementationLimitsExceededError and use it instead
     raiseError(QXmlStreamReader::NotWellFormedError,
-               QXmlStream::tr("Length of XML attribute name exceeds implemnetation limits (4KiB "
+               QXmlStream::tr("Length of XML attribute name exceeds implementation limits (4KiB "
                               "characters)."));
 }