diff --git a/dvc/remote/local.py b/dvc/remote/local.py
index 6c1d37d03..7f950404a 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/local.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/local.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBASE):
 
         # This is a performance optimization. We can safely assume that,
         # if the resources that we want to fetch are already cached,
-        # there's no need to check the remote storage for the existance of
+        # there's no need to check the remote storage for the existence of
         # those files.
         if download and sorted(local_exists) == sorted(md5s):
             remote_exists = local_exists