diff --git a/examples/parameter_example.yml b/examples/parameter_example.yml
index 1264ad56959feb5fca664f6e31614045719803cd..015c7e4b0e234a6de4dc7f4d8596a12c94512ae5 100644
--- a/examples/parameter_example.yml
+++ b/examples/parameter_example.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
 InitialConditions:
   file_name:  SedovBlast/sedov.hdf5 # The file to read
-  periodic:                    1    # Are we runing with periodic ICs?
+  periodic:                    1    # Are we running with periodic ICs?
   generate_gas_in_ics:         0    # (Optional) Generate gas particles from the DM-only ICs (e.g. from panphasia).
   cleanup_h_factors:           0    # (Optional) Clean up the h-factors used in the ICs (e.g. in Gadget files).
   cleanup_velocity_factors:    0    # (Optional) Clean up the scale-factors used in the definition of the velocity variable in the ICs (e.g. in Gadget files).