diff --git a/multi-area-model.ipynb b/multi-area-model.ipynb
index d7a3c5fb68a286cdbedd3e52564bfeaee2eee3ff..78acefdc3f3231b57be1d3045e61068409cf4377 100644
--- a/multi-area-model.ipynb
+++ b/multi-area-model.ipynb
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "# Print the mean firng rate over simulated populations\n",
+    "# Print the mean firing rate over simulated populations\n",
     "from M2E_firing_rate import mean_firing_rate\n",
     "mean_firing_rate(M, data_path)"
    ]