diff --git a/openerp/netsvc.py b/openerp/netsvc.py
index 799fd74158b..52984ccf29f 100644
--- a/openerp/netsvc.py
+++ b/openerp/netsvc.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def LocalService(name):
     """
-    The openerp.netsvc.LocalService() fucntion is deprecated. It still works
+    The openerp.netsvc.LocalService() function is deprecated. It still works
     in two cases: workflows and reports. For workflows, instead of using
     LocalService('workflow'), openerp.workflow should be used (better yet,
     methods on openerp.osv.orm.Model should be used). For reports,