diff --git a/schema/bom-1.6.proto b/schema/bom-1.6.proto
index 0f5b65cd..8208c646 100644
--- a/schema/bom-1.6.proto
+++ b/schema/bom-1.6.proto
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ message Metadata {
   optional Component component = 4;
   // The organization that manufactured the CycloneDX document. This may be different from the manufacurer of the component that the CycloneDX document describes.
   optional OrganizationalEntity manufacture = 5;
-  // The organization that supplied the CycloneDX document. The supplier may often be the manufacture, but may also be a distributor or repackager. This may be different from the supplier of the component that the CycloneDX document describes.
+  // The organization that supplied the CycloneDX document (the "manufacturer", although the field is misspelled). The supplier may often be the manufacture, but may also be a distributor or repackager. This may be different from the supplier of the component that the CycloneDX document describes.
   optional OrganizationalEntity supplier = 6;
   // The license information for the CycloneDX document. This may be different from the license(s) of the component that the CycloneDX document describes.
   optional LicenseChoice licenses = 7;
diff --git a/schema/bom-1.6.schema.json b/schema/bom-1.6.schema.json
index 638cd3cb..31db5bb7 100644
--- a/schema/bom-1.6.schema.json
+++ b/schema/bom-1.6.schema.json
@@ -678,8 +678,8 @@
           "$ref": "#/definitions/component"
         },
         "manufacture": {
-          "title": "Manufacture",
-          "description": "The organization that manufactured the CycloneDX document.\nThis may be different from the manufacturer of the component that the CycloneDX document describes.",
+          "title": "Manufacturer",
+          "description": "The organization that manufactured the CycloneDX document (the \"manufacturer\", although the property is misspelled).\nThis may be different from the manufacturer of the component that the CycloneDX document describes.",
           "$ref": "#/definitions/organizationalEntity"
         },
         "supplier": {
diff --git a/schema/bom-1.6.xsd b/schema/bom-1.6.xsd
index 007675ae..3d7f50ae 100644
--- a/schema/bom-1.6.xsd
+++ b/schema/bom-1.6.xsd
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ limitations under the License.
             <xs:element name="manufacture" type="bom:organizationalEntity" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
                 <xs:annotation>
                     <xs:documentation>
-                        The organization that manufactured the CycloneDX document.
+                        The organization that manufactured the CycloneDX document (the "manufacturer", although the
+   element is misspelled).
                         This may be different from the manufacturer of the component that the CycloneDX document describes.
                     </xs:documentation>
                 </xs:annotation>