diff --git a/src/commands.cc b/src/commands.cc
index 355f560d..d9ab5a2e 100644
--- a/src/commands.cc
+++ b/src/commands.cc
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void edit(const ParametersParser& parser, Context& context, const ShellContext&)
 ParameterDesc edit_params{
     { { "existing", { false, "fail if the file does not exists, do not open a new file" } },
       { "scratch",  { false, "create a scratch buffer, not linked to a file" } },
-      { "debug",    { false, "treate buffer as debug output" } },
+      { "debug",    { false, "create buffer as debug output" } },
       { "fifo",     { true,  "create a buffer reading its content from a named fifo" } },
       { "scroll",   { false, "place the initial cursor so that the fifo will scroll to show new data" } } },
       ParameterDesc::Flags::None, 0, 3