diff --git a/tests/test_preprocessing.py b/tests/test_preprocessing.py
index b15d96fc8c..ce8313145e 100644
--- a/tests/test_preprocessing.py
+++ b/tests/test_preprocessing.py
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def test_regress_out_reproducible():
     adata = pbmc68k_reduced()
     adata = adata.raw.to_adata()[:200, :200].copy()
     sc.pp.regress_out(adata, keys=["n_counts", "percent_mito"])
-    # This file was gerneated from the original implementation in version 1.10.3
+    # This file was generated from the original implementation in version 1.10.3
     # Now we compare new implementation with the old one
     tester = np.load(DATA_PATH / "regress_test_small.npy")
     np.testing.assert_allclose(adata.X, tester)