diff --git a/lib/appenders/smtp.js b/lib/appenders/smtp.js
index 203e94f..103ee02 100644
--- a/lib/appenders/smtp.js
+++ b/lib/appenders/smtp.js
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ function sendBuffer() {
             headers: {"Hostname": os.hostname()}
         };
 
-        if (true === config.attachement.enable) {
-            msg[config.html ? "html" : "text"] = config.attachement.message;
+        if (true === config.attachment.enable) {
+            msg[config.html ? "html" : "text"] = config.attachment.message;
             msg.attachments = [
                 {
-                    filename: config.attachement.filename,
+                    filename: config.attachment.filename,
                     contentType: 'text/x-log',
                     content: body
                 }
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ function scheduleSend() {
 function smtpAppender(_config, _layout) {
     config = _config;
 
-    if (!config.attachement) {
-        config.attachement = {};
+    if (!config.attachment) {
+        config.attachment = {};
     }
 
-    config.attachement.enable = config.attachement && config.attachement.enable;
-    config.attachement.message = config.attachement && config.attachement.message || "See logs as attachement";
-    config.attachement.filename = config.attachement && config.attachement.filename || "default.log";
+    config.attachment.enable = config.attachment && config.attachment.enable;
+    config.attachment.message = config.attachment && config.attachment.message || "See logs as attachment";
+    config.attachment.filename = config.attachment && config.attachment.filename || "default.log";
     layout = _layout || layouts.basicLayout;
     subjectLayout = layouts.messagePassThroughLayout;
     sendInterval = config.sendInterval * 1000 || 0;
diff --git a/test/smtpAppender-test.js b/test/smtpAppender-test.js
index 6e4bf23..3fa1430 100644
--- a/test/smtpAppender-test.js
+++ b/test/smtpAppender-test.js
@@ -285,11 +285,11 @@ vows.describe('log4js smtpAppender').addBatch({
             checkMessages(result);
         }
     },
-    'attachement config': {
+    'attachment config': {
         topic: function () {
-            var setup = setupLogging('attachement config', {
+            var setup = setupLogging('attachment config', {
                 recipients: 'recipient@domain.com',
-                attachement: {
+                attachment: {
                     enable: true
                 },
                 SMTP: {
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js smtpAppender').addBatch({
             assert.equal(result.results.length, 1);
             assert.equal(result.results[0].attachments.length, 1);
             var attachment = result.results[0].attachments[0];
-            assert.equal(result.results[0].text, "See logs as attachement");
+            assert.equal(result.results[0].text, "See logs as attachment");
             assert.equal(attachment.filename, "default.log");
             assert.equal(attachment.contentType, "text/x-log");
             assert.ok(new RegExp('.+Log event #' + 1 + '\n$').test(attachment.content));