diff --git a/base-notebook/docker_healthcheck.py b/base-notebook/docker_healthcheck.py
index 4dbc62fe..7c35a6b1 100755
--- a/base-notebook/docker_healthcheck.py
+++ b/base-notebook/docker_healthcheck.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import requests
 
-# A number of operations below delibrately don't check for possible errors
+# A number of operations below deliberately don't check for possible errors
 # As this is a healthcheck, it should succeed or raise an exception on error
 
 runtime_dir = Path("/home/") / os.environ["NB_USER"] / ".local/share/jupyter/runtime/"