diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/__init__.py b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/__init__.py
index 4172853a06..ff351c2db2 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/__init__.py
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/__init__.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def get_color_cycle():
     if mpl_ge_150:
         cyl = mpl.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']
         # matplotlib 1.5 verifies that axes.prop_cycle *is* a cycler
-        # but no garuantee that there's a `color` key.
+        # but no guarantee that there's a `color` key.
         # so users could have a custom rcParmas w/ no color...
         try:
             return [x['color'] for x in cyl]