diff --git a/agent/tool-scripts/base-tool b/agent/tool-scripts/base-tool
index 95491ddabe..61f42ea158 100755
--- a/agent/tool-scripts/base-tool
+++ b/agent/tool-scripts/base-tool
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ function usage {
 		printf -- "\t--options=str             options passed directly to the tool\n"
 		printf -- "\t--patterns=str[,str]      only collect information on process names\n"
 		printf -- "\t                          which match this pattern (complicated\n"
-		printf -- "\t                          patterns with special charaters may not\n"
+		printf -- "\t                          patterns with special characters may not\n"
 		printf -- "\t                          work) for kvm, use --patterns=qemu,vhost\n"
 		printf -- "\t--threads                 collect per-thread statistics\n"
 		;;
diff --git a/agent/tool-scripts/tests/pidstat/gold/stderr b/agent/tool-scripts/tests/pidstat/gold/stderr
index a77a378229..d37ff5e817 100644
--- a/agent/tool-scripts/tests/pidstat/gold/stderr
+++ b/agent/tool-scripts/tests/pidstat/gold/stderr
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The following options are available:
 	--options=str             options passed directly to the tool
 	--patterns=str[,str]      only collect information on process names
 	                          which match this pattern (complicated
-	                          patterns with special charaters may not
+	                          patterns with special characters may not
 	                          work) for kvm, use --patterns=qemu,vhost
 	--threads                 collect per-thread statistics