diff --git a/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml b/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml
index f50ac574d2..99bc13e9b0 100644
--- a/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml
+++ b/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     virt: command=list_vms
     register: result
 
-  - name: fail if the hose is not already defined/existent
+  - name: fail if the host is not already defined/existent
     local_action: fail msg="host does not exist on $vmhost"
     when: inventory_hostname not in result.list_vms