diff --git a/gnocchi/templates/bin/_gnocchi-test.sh.tpl b/gnocchi/templates/bin/_gnocchi-test.sh.tpl
index 5f309ad7b..12bfe054a 100644
--- a/gnocchi/templates/bin/_gnocchi-test.sh.tpl
+++ b/gnocchi/templates/bin/_gnocchi-test.sh.tpl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ gnocchi metric delete ${METRIC_UUID}
 
 RESOURCE_UUID={{ uuidv4 }}
 
-echo "Test: create resouce type"
+echo "Test: create resource type"
 gnocchi resource-type create --attribute name:string --attribute host:string test
 
 echo "Test: list resource types"