diff --git a/src/pyuvdata/telescopes.py b/src/pyuvdata/telescopes.py
index 388530a37..f55583744 100644
--- a/src/pyuvdata/telescopes.py
+++ b/src/pyuvdata/telescopes.py
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             "name", description="name of telescope (string)", form="str"
         )
         desc = (
-            "telescope location: Either an astropy.EarthLocation oject or a "
+            "telescope location: Either an astropy.EarthLocation object or a "
             "lunarsky MoonLocation object."
         )
         self._location = uvp.LocationParameter("location", description=desc, tols=1e-3)