diff --git a/api/client/build.go b/api/client/build.go
index 6dac4a3f39..f424e9b3f6 100644
--- a/api/client/build.go
+++ b/api/client/build.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func getContextFromReader(r io.Reader, dockerfileName string) (absContextDir, re
 	}
 
 	if err := archive.Untar(buf, absContextDir, nil); err != nil {
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("unable to extract stdin to temporary context direcotry: %v", err)
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("unable to extract stdin to temporary context directory: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return getDockerfileRelPath(absContextDir, dockerfileName)