diff --git a/app-admin/rsyslog/metadata.xml b/app-admin/rsyslog/metadata.xml
index 92bfe99ddb571..71dd8500a4c5a 100644
--- a/app-admin/rsyslog/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-admin/rsyslog/metadata.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		<flag name="kerberos">Build the GSSAPI input and output module (requires <pkg>virtual/krb5</pkg>)</flag>
 		<flag name="libressl">Use <pkg>dev-libs/libressl</pkg> for building the rfc5424hmac modify module (requires rfc5424hmac USE flag)</flag>
 		<flag name="mongodb">Build the MongoDB output module (requires <pkg>dev-libs/libmongo-client</pkg>)</flag>
-		<flag name="mysql">Build the MySQL databse output module (requires <pkg>virtual/mysql</pkg>)</flag>
+		<flag name="mysql">Build the MySQL database output module (requires <pkg>virtual/mysql</pkg>)</flag>
 		<flag name="normalize">Build the normalize modify module (requires <pkg>dev-libs/libee</pkg> and <pkg>dev-libs/liblognorm</pkg>)</flag>
 		<flag name="omhttpfs">Build the httpfs output module (requires <pkg>net-misc/curl</pkg>)</flag>
 		<flag name="omudpspoof">Build the udpspoof output module (requires <pkg>net-libs/libnet</pkg>)</flag>