diff --git a/satpy/readers/ghrsst_l3c_sst.py b/satpy/readers/ghrsst_l3c_sst.py
index 5f00230bb5..5bb4fa6681 100644
--- a/satpy/readers/ghrsst_l3c_sst.py
+++ b/satpy/readers/ghrsst_l3c_sst.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get_dataset(self, dataset_id, ds_info, out=None):
         else:
             shape = self[var_path + "/shape"]
             if shape[0] == 1:
-                # Remove the time dimenstion from dataset
+                # Remove the time dimension from dataset
                 shape = shape[1], shape[2]
 
         file_units = ds_info.get("file_units")