diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.py b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.py
index bb2d8ecc895..89610cc24aa 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def main():
     )
 
     if not HAS_ZABBIX_API:
-        module.fail_json(msg="Missing requried zabbix-api module" +
+        module.fail_json(msg="Missing required zabbix-api module" +
                              " (check docs or install with:" +
                              " pip install zabbix-api)")