diff --git a/src/icalendar/cal.py b/src/icalendar/cal.py
index cd1c4ef9..ed5b1d3f 100644
--- a/src/icalendar/cal.py
+++ b/src/icalendar/cal.py
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ class Todo(Component):
 
 
 class Journal(Component):
-    """A describtive text at a certain time or associated with a component.
+    """A descriptive text at a certain time or associated with a component.
 
     A "VJOURNAL" calendar component is a grouping of
     component properties that represent one or more descriptive text