diff --git a/discord/user.py b/discord/user.py
index 0d31a22f3..b476f4df9 100644
--- a/discord/user.py
+++ b/discord/user.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class BaseUser(_BaseUser):
 
     @property
     def default_avatar(self):
-        """Returns the default avatar for a given user. This is calculated by the user's descriminator"""
+        """Returns the default avatar for a given user. This is calculated by the user's discriminator"""
         return DefaultAvatar(int(self.discriminator) % len(DefaultAvatar))
 
     @property