diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
index 5ede3977110..6b2079c7018 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class CLI(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
 
         if create_new_password:
             prompt_formats['prompt'] = ['New vault password (%(vault_id)s): ',
-                                        'Confirm vew vault password (%(vault_id)s): ']
+                                        'Confirm new vault password (%(vault_id)s): ']
             # 2.3 format prompts for --ask-vault-pass
             prompt_formats['prompt_ask_vault_pass'] = ['New Vault password: ',
                                                        'Confirm New Vault password: ']