diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index 4fb1c4571120dc83c926aa9d47e1f7d7d8e0921f..499acc1b332bb9af5fb351c1252b9de0a7e6069b 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ clone() {
 delete() {
 	cd "$VCSH_BASE" || fatal "could not enter '$VCSH_BASE'" 11
 	use
-	info "This operation WILL DETROY DATA!"
+	info "This operation WILL DESTROY DATA!"
 	files=$(git ls-files)
 	echo "These files will be deleted: