diff --git a/Lib/packaging/run.py b/Lib/packaging/run.py
index 671a4bf..4756f7c 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/run.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/run.py
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
     ('list', 'List installed projects', _list),
     ('graph', 'Display a graph', _graph),
     ('create', 'Create a project', _create),
-    ('generate-setup', 'Generate a backward-comptatible setup.py', _generate),
+    ('generate-setup', 'Generate a backward-compatible setup.py', _generate),
 ]