diff --git a/fendermint/testing/materializer/src/docker/dropper.rs b/fendermint/testing/materializer/src/docker/dropper.rs
index 881d63258..279edce53 100644
--- a/fendermint/testing/materializer/src/docker/dropper.rs
+++ b/fendermint/testing/materializer/src/docker/dropper.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use bollard::{
     Docker,
 };
 
-/// Timemout before we kill the container if it doesn't want to stop.
+/// Timeout before we kill the container if it doesn't want to stop.
 const KILL_TIMEOUT_SECS: i64 = 5;
 
 /// Commands to destroy docker constructs when they go out of scope.