diff --git a/whisper/transcribe.py b/whisper/transcribe.py
index 0a4cc36..bdca217 100644
--- a/whisper/transcribe.py
+++ b/whisper/transcribe.py
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ def cli():
     parser.add_argument("--max_line_width", type=optional_int, default=None, help="(requires --word_timestamps True) the maximum number of characters in a line before breaking the line")
     parser.add_argument("--max_line_count", type=optional_int, default=None, help="(requires --word_timestamps True) the maximum number of lines in a segment")
     parser.add_argument("--max_words_per_line", type=optional_int, default=None, help="(requires --word_timestamps True, no effect with --max_line_width) the maximum number of words in a segment")
-    parser.add_argument("--threads", type=optional_int, default=0, help="number of threads used by torch for CPU inference; supercedes MKL_NUM_THREADS/OMP_NUM_THREADS")
+    parser.add_argument("--threads", type=optional_int, default=0, help="number of threads used by torch for CPU inference; supersedes MKL_NUM_THREADS/OMP_NUM_THREADS")
     parser.add_argument("--clip_timestamps", type=str, default="0", help="comma-separated list start,end,start,end,... timestamps (in seconds) of clips to process, where the last end timestamp defaults to the end of the file")
     parser.add_argument("--hallucination_silence_threshold", type=optional_float, help="(requires --word_timestamps True) skip silent periods longer than this threshold (in seconds) when a possible hallucination is detected")
     # fmt: on