diff --git a/lib/EVENTS.md b/lib/EVENTS.md
index ce40848202..f76f03d4d2 100644
--- a/lib/EVENTS.md
+++ b/lib/EVENTS.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ If you need a special event in your hook, you *will* want to namespace it.  For
 
 In my hook's initialize method, I might have the following:
 
-```javscript
+```javascript
 
 // Wait until all the middleware from this app's controllers have loaded
 sails.after('hook:controllers:loaded', function () {