diff --git a/lib/chunkstream.js b/lib/chunkstream.js
index 56719bd..975903c 100644
--- a/lib/chunkstream.js
+++ b/lib/chunkstream.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ChunkStream.prototype._end = function() {
 
   if (this._reads.length > 0) {
     this.emit('error',
-      new Error('There are some read requests waitng on finished stream')
+      new Error('There are some read requests waiting on finished stream')
     );
   }