diff --git a/bob/bio/base/script/annotate.py b/bob/bio/base/script/annotate.py
index 06b695f37f4c82e114adfbad660ef4ddfd3cec33..57290172ed5b706e76cc14fbaa6321df620907b8 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/script/annotate.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/script/annotate.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def annotate(database, annotator, output_dir, force, array, **kwargs):
     output_dir : str
         The directory to save the annotations.
     force : bool, optional
-        Wether to overwrite existing annotations.
+        Whether to overwrite existing annotations.
     array : int, optional
         Use this option alongside gridtk to submit this script as an array job.
     verbose : int, optional