diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/cfoods/h5.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/cfoods/h5.py
index a49ceea52dd8a2a729e4e19775343a24275ebd8f..d3b44f9d0234db58123c3933e92bc980c6361b3d 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/cfoods/h5.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/cfoods/h5.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class H5CFood(AbstractFileCFood):
         A record which may have references to other records.  Must be a DAG.
 
         known_nonexisting : boolean
-        If True, this Record and all children are know to be not existing
+        If True, this Record and all children are known to be not existing
         in the CaosDB instance.
         """