diff --git a/bob/devtools/release.py b/bob/devtools/release.py
index ca153083b36a1748578e453498cfc3d5adc60334..a24d4ee1b8b6c75af8cadd4d2e4d22b67a1a0377 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/release.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/release.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def get_latest_tag_name(gitpkg):
         for tag in latest_tags
         if StrictVersion.version_re.match(tag.name[1:])
     ]
-    if not tag_names: # no tags wee found.
+    if not tag_names:  # no tags wee found.
         return None
     # sort them correctly according to each subversion number
     tag_names.sort(key=StrictVersion)