diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d92d2b..bb7400f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ You can also configure the hard-coded credentials rule `G101` with additional pa
 {
     "G101": {
         "pattern": "(?i)passwd|pass|password|pwd|secret|private_key|token",
-         "ingnore_entropy": false,
+         "ignore_entropy": false,
          "entropy_threshold": "80.0",
          "per_char_threshold": "3.0",
          "trucate": "32"