diff --git a/etc/nova/nova.conf.sample b/etc/nova/nova.conf.sample
index 3a284dc93ea4..d842c12b9673 100644
--- a/etc/nova/nova.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/nova/nova.conf.sample
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@
 
 # Compress snapshot images when possible. This currently
 # applies exclusively to qcow2 images (boolean value)
-# Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/libvirt_snashot_compression
+# Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/libvirt_snapshot_compression
 #snapshot_compression=false
 
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
index 8ed9b35e5802..46f4b87587b4 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ libvirt_opts = [
                 help='Compress snapshot images when possible. This '
                      'currently applies exclusively to qcow2 images',
                 deprecated_group='DEFAULT',
-                deprecated_name='libvirt_snashot_compression'),
+                deprecated_name='libvirt_snapshot_compression'),
     ]
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF