diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 6eb06192..387d6467 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -3300,7 +3300,7 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto format_float(Float value, int precision, float_specs specs,
       significand <<= 1;
     } else {
       // Normalize subnormal inputs.
-      FMT_ASSERT(significand != 0, "zeros should not appear hear");
+      FMT_ASSERT(significand != 0, "zeros should not appear here");
       int shift = countl_zero(significand);
       FMT_ASSERT(shift >= num_bits<uint64_t>() - num_significand_bits<double>(),
                  "");