diff --git a/R-package/R/xgb.cv.R b/R-package/R/xgb.cv.R
index f4a2d4e8d..fdfcb59b3 100644
--- a/R-package/R/xgb.cv.R
+++ b/R-package/R/xgb.cv.R
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 #'         (only available with early stopping).
 #'   \item \code{pred} CV prediction values available when \code{prediction} is set.
 #'         It is either vector or matrix (see \code{\link{cb.cv.predict}}).
-#'   \item \code{models} a liost of the CV folds' models. It is only available with the explicit
+#'   \item \code{models} a list of the CV folds' models. It is only available with the explicit
 #'         setting of the \code{cb.cv.predict(save_models = TRUE)} callback.
 #' }
 #'