diff --git a/docs/local_llm_settings.md b/docs/local_llm_settings.md
index a3b289d342..e5dca91a85 100644
--- a/docs/local_llm_settings.md
+++ b/docs/local_llm_settings.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ If you have an empty settings file or your file wasn't saved properly, you'll se
 ```
 ...(truncated)...
 Found completion settings file '/Users/loaner/.memgpt/settings/completions_api_settings.json', loading it...
-'/Users/user/.memgpt/settings/completions_api_settings.json' was emtpy, ignoring...
+'/Users/user/.memgpt/settings/completions_api_settings.json' was empty, ignoring...
 ...(truncated)...
 ```
 
diff --git a/memgpt/local_llm/settings/settings.py b/memgpt/local_llm/settings/settings.py
index 8b9e233380..dc6ba49735 100644
--- a/memgpt/local_llm/settings/settings.py
+++ b/memgpt/local_llm/settings/settings.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def get_completions_settings(defaults="simple") -> dict:
                 printd(f"Updating base settings with the following user settings:\n{json.dumps(user_settings,indent=2)}")
                 settings.update(user_settings)
             else:
-                printd(f"'{settings_file}' was emtpy, ignoring...")
+                printd(f"'{settings_file}' was empty, ignoring...")
         except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
             print(f"Error: failed to load user settings file '{settings_file}', invalid json.\n{e}")
         except Exception as e: