diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40a1110c..d0e7a471 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ sudo vim /etc/default/shadowsocks-libev
 
 # Start the service
 sudo /etc/init.d/shadowsocks-libev start    # for sysvinit, or
-sudo systemctl start shasowsocks-libev      # for systemd
+sudo systemctl start shadowsocks-libev      # for systemd
 ```
 
 ### Fedora & RHEL