diff --git a/IPython/html/static/tree/js/notebooklist.js b/IPython/html/static/tree/js/notebooklist.js
index c54c60e..2e62f40 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/tree/js/notebooklist.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/tree/js/notebooklist.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ define([
* Draw the list of notebooks
* @method draw_notebook_list
* @param {Array} list An array of dictionaries representing files or
- * direcotories.
+ * directories.
* @param {String} error_msg An error message
*/
NotebookList.prototype.draw_notebook_list = function (list, error_msg) {