diff --git a/development.ini b/development.ini
--- a/development.ini
+++ b/development.ini
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ api_access_controllers_whitelist =
 #    FilesController:archivefile
 
 ## default encoding used to convert from and to unicode
-## can be also a comma seperated list of encoding in case of mixed encodings
+## can be also a comma separated list of encoding in case of mixed encodings
 default_encoding = utf8
 
 ## issue tracker for Kallithea (leave blank to disable, absent for default)
diff --git a/kallithea/bin/template.ini.mako b/kallithea/bin/template.ini.mako
--- a/kallithea/bin/template.ini.mako
+++ b/kallithea/bin/template.ini.mako
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ api_access_controllers_whitelist =
 #    FilesController:archivefile
 
 <%text>## default encoding used to convert from and to unicode</%text>
-<%text>## can be also a comma seperated list of encoding in case of mixed encodings</%text>
+<%text>## can be also a comma separated list of encoding in case of mixed encodings</%text>
 default_encoding = utf8
 
 <%text>## issue tracker for Kallithea (leave blank to disable, absent for default)</%text>
diff --git a/kallithea/config/deployment.ini_tmpl b/kallithea/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
--- a/kallithea/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
+++ b/kallithea/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ api_access_controllers_whitelist =
 #    FilesController:archivefile
 
 ## default encoding used to convert from and to unicode
-## can be also a comma seperated list of encoding in case of mixed encodings
+## can be also a comma separated list of encoding in case of mixed encodings
 default_encoding = utf8
 
 ## issue tracker for Kallithea (leave blank to disable, absent for default)
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/test.ini b/kallithea/tests/test.ini
--- a/kallithea/tests/test.ini
+++ b/kallithea/tests/test.ini
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ api_access_controllers_whitelist =
 #    FilesController:archivefile
 
 ## default encoding used to convert from and to unicode
-## can be also a comma seperated list of encoding in case of mixed encodings
+## can be also a comma separated list of encoding in case of mixed encodings
 default_encoding = utf8
 
 ## issue tracker for Kallithea (leave blank to disable, absent for default)