diff --git a/settings/admin/controller.php b/settings/admin/controller.php
index 7019f9a4d2ae0806a4ee7e77a850170305154c94..a95ede790e2d55944ce52b5638a3c3c6c439d716 100644
--- a/settings/admin/controller.php
+++ b/settings/admin/controller.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Controller {
 			case 'mail_smtpsecure':
 				return $l->t( 'Encryption' );
 			case 'mail_smtpauthtype':
-				return $l->t( 'Authentification method' );
+				return $l->t( 'Authentication method' );
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/settings/templates/admin.php b/settings/templates/admin.php
index 487da036e74c5dde4780b49d8d31c7e474fe0675..8f786ba76efc173fd989707630d395f50a4f2f9b 100644
--- a/settings/templates/admin.php
+++ b/settings/templates/admin.php
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ if (!$_['internetconnectionworking']) {
 	</p>
 
 	<p id="setting_smtpauth" <?php if ($_['mail_smtpmode'] != 'smtp') print_unescaped(' class="hidden"'); ?>>
-		<label for="mail_smtpauthtype"><?php p($l->t( 'Authentification method' )); ?></label>
+		<label for="mail_smtpauthtype"><?php p($l->t( 'Authentication method' )); ?></label>
 		<select name='mail_smtpauthtype' id='mail_smtpauthtype'>
 			<?php foreach ($mail_smtpauthtype as $authtype => $name):
 				$selected = '';