diff --git a/app/views/notify/new_merge_request_email.html.haml b/app/views/notify/new_merge_request_email.html.haml
index 9819767011e..990d4d2aa87 100644
--- a/app/views/notify/new_merge_request_email.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notify/new_merge_request_email.html.haml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
         %p{style: "color:#767676; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12px;font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "}
           Branches: #{@merge_request.source_branch} → #{@merge_request.target_branch}
         %p{style: "color:#767676; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12px;font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "}
-          Asignee: #{@merge_request.author_name} → #{@merge_request.assignee_name}
+          Assignee: #{@merge_request.author_name} → #{@merge_request.assignee_name}
       %td