diff --git a/flink-clients/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/client/cli/CliFrontendParser.java b/flink-clients/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/client/cli/CliFrontendParser.java
index e77765a30c228..9a6e1a1bbe36b 100644
--- a/flink-clients/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/client/cli/CliFrontendParser.java
+++ b/flink-clients/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/client/cli/CliFrontendParser.java
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class CliFrontendParser {
                     "d",
                     "drain",
                     false,
-                    "Send MAX_WATERMARK before taking the savepoint and stopping the pipelne.");
+                    "Send MAX_WATERMARK before taking the savepoint and stopping the pipeline.");
 
     public static final Option PY_OPTION =
             new Option(