diff --git a/torchgeo/datasets/dl4gam_alps.py b/torchgeo/datasets/dl4gam_alps.py
index b73f9ebc525..263c614be4b 100644
--- a/torchgeo/datasets/dl4gam_alps.py
+++ b/torchgeo/datasets/dl4gam_alps.py
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ def plot(
                 )
 
             vmin, vmax = np.min(img), np.max(img)
-            # smale the images to [0,1]
+            # scale the images to [0,1]
             if k in ['RGB Image', 'SWIR-NIR-R Image']:
                 img = (img - vmin) / (vmax - vmin)