diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartArgs.java b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartArgs.java
index 27620dd..1a92457 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartArgs.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartArgs.java
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@
         }
         
         // Skip [files] validation on a module
-        if (arg.startsWith("--skip-vile-validation="))
+        if (arg.startsWith("--skip-file-validation="))
         {
             List<String> moduleNames = getValues(arg);
             for (String moduleName : moduleNames)