diff --git a/jass/__main__.py b/jass/__main__.py
index 9bd45225639dd9733cc201ba192250d0b41e0685..5223c9bfb742a5d7d00b2cc0b48c92b29c9900b9 100644
--- a/jass/__main__.py
+++ b/jass/__main__.py
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ def get_parser():
 
     parser_create_mp = subparsers.add_parser(
         "add-gene-annotation",
-        help="add information about genes ansd exons to the inittable",
+        help="add information about genes and exons to the inittable",
     )
     parser_create_mp.add_argument(
         "--gene-data-path",