diff --git a/database.cc b/database.cc
index d210eab13e..9ed7978cea 100644
--- a/database.cc
+++ b/database.cc
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ void column_family::set_metrics() {
             ms::make_histogram("read_latency", ms::description("Read latency histogram"), [this] {return _stats.estimated_read.get_histogram();})(cf)(ks),
             ms::make_histogram("write_latency", ms::description("Write latency histogram"), [this] {return _stats.estimated_write.get_histogram();})(cf)(ks),
             ms::make_derive("memtable_switch", ms::description("Number of times flush has resulted in the memtable being switched out"), _stats.memtable_switch_count)(cf)(ks),
-            ms::make_gauge("pending_taks", ms::description("Estimated number of tasks pending for this column family"), _stats.pending_flushes)(cf)(ks),
+            ms::make_gauge("pending_tasks", ms::description("Estimated number of tasks pending for this column family"), _stats.pending_flushes)(cf)(ks),
             ms::make_gauge("live_disk_space", ms::description("Live disk space used"), _stats.live_disk_space_used)(cf)(ks),
             ms::make_gauge("total_disk_space", ms::description("Total disk space used"), _stats.total_disk_space_used)(cf)(ks),
             ms::make_gauge("live_sstable", ms::description("Live sstable count"), _stats.live_sstable_count)(cf)(ks),