diff --git a/test/visual/run.cpp b/test/visual/run.cpp
index b1a469a20..1014fb8e2 100644
--- a/test/visual/run.cpp
+++ b/test/visual/run.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         ("help,h", "produce usage message")
         ("verbose,v", "verbose output")
         ("overwrite,o", "overwrite reference image")
-        ("jobs,j", po::value<std::size_t>()->default_value(1), "number of paralel threads")
+        ("jobs,j", po::value<std::size_t>()->default_value(1), "number of parallel threads")
         ("styles-dir", po::value<std::string>()->default_value("test/data-visual/styles"), "directory with styles")
         ("images-dir", po::value<std::string>()->default_value("test/data-visual/images"), "directory with reference images")
         ("output-dir", po::value<std::string>()->default_value("/tmp/mapnik-visual-images"), "directory for output files")
diff --git a/test/visual/runner.cpp b/test/visual/runner.cpp
index 76c038377..2274a7105 100644
--- a/test/visual/runner.cpp
+++ b/test/visual/runner.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ runner::runner(boost::filesystem::path const & styles_dir,
 result_list runner::test_all(report_type & report) const
 {
     std::vector<std::string> files = mapnik::util::list_directory(styles_dir_.string());
-    return test_paralel(files, report, jobs_);
+    return test_parallel(files, report, jobs_);
 }
 
 result_list runner::test(std::vector<std::string> const & style_names, report_type & report) const
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ result_list runner::test(std::vector<std::string> const & style_names, report_ty
         {
             return (styles_dir_ / (name + ".xml")).string();
         });
-    return test_paralel(files, report, jobs_);
+    return test_parallel(files, report, jobs_);
 }
 
-result_list runner::test_paralel(std::vector<std::string> const & files, report_type & report, std::size_t jobs) const
+result_list runner::test_parallel(std::vector<std::string> const & files, report_type & report, std::size_t jobs) const
 {
     result_list results;