diff --git a/django/conf/project_template/settings.py b/django/conf/project_template/settings.py
index d5748d7cc3..5c4a7cc5fa 100644
--- a/django/conf/project_template/settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/project_template/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DATABASE_PORT = ''             # Set to empty string for default. Not used with
 
 # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
-# although not all choices may be avilable on all operating systems.
+# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
 # If running in a Windows environment this must be set to the same as your
 # system time zone.
 TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'