diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1d5b7df..8586fdc0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ cd %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Packages
 git clone git://github.com/bradsokol/VcsGutter.git "VCS Gutter"
 ```
 
-VcsGutter assumes that the `git`, `hg`, `svn` and `diff` commands are availible on the command line. The installers for these tools may not add the directory containing the executables to the PATH environment variable. If not, you must add the appropriate directory to your PATH variable.
+VcsGutter assumes that the `git`, `hg`, `svn` and `diff` commands are available on the command line. The installers for these tools may not add the directory containing the executables to the PATH environment variable. If not, you must add the appropriate directory to your PATH variable.
 
 For example:
 ```dos