diff --git a/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/main.go b/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/main.go
index 402044c..e77a7d4 100644
--- a/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/main.go
+++ b/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/main.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	errorOut("parser error", generatedTempl.Execute(&buf, analysis))
 	src, err := format.Source(buf.Bytes())
-	errorOut("error formating generated source:\n"+buf.String(), err)
+	errorOut("error formatting generated source:\n"+buf.String(), err)
 	errorOut("error writing file", ioutil.WriteFile(*outputFile, src, 0644))
 }