diff --git a/doc/en/reference/reference.rst b/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
index 358f371e5..54fc4131b 100644
--- a/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
+++ b/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@ All the command-line flags can be obtained by running ``pytest --help``::
 
     general:
       -k EXPRESSION         Only run tests which match the given substring
-                            expression. An expression is a Python evaluatable
+                            expression. An expression is a Python evaluable
                             expression where all names are substring-matched
                             against test names and their parent classes.
                             Example: -k 'test_method or test_other' matches all
diff --git a/src/_pytest/mark/__init__.py b/src/_pytest/mark/__init__.py
index 77dabd95d..01d6e7165 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/mark/__init__.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/mark/__init__.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser: Parser) -> None:
         default="",
         metavar="EXPRESSION",
         help="Only run tests which match the given substring expression. "
-        "An expression is a Python evaluatable expression "
+        "An expression is a Python evaluable expression "
         "where all names are substring-matched against test names "
         "and their parent classes. Example: -k 'test_method or test_"
         "other' matches all test functions and classes whose name "