diff --git a/plugins/aggregators/derivative/README.md b/plugins/aggregators/derivative/README.md
index 0643abae641d7..d712b5b6c8914 100644
--- a/plugins/aggregators/derivative/README.md
+++ b/plugins/aggregators/derivative/README.md
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ with only occasional changes.
 
 ### Tags
 
-No tags are applied by this aggregator.  Existing tags are passed throug the
+No tags are applied by this aggregator.  Existing tags are passed through the
 aggregator untouched.
 
 ## Example Output