diff --git a/addons/sale/sale_data.xml b/addons/sale/sale_data.xml
index fceb806b3a2..a23ab401dbd 100644
--- a/addons/sale/sale_data.xml
+++ b/addons/sale/sale_data.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ If you need to manage your sales pipeline (leads, opportunities, phonecalls), yo
             <field name="default" eval="False"/>
         </record>
         <record id="mail.mail_subtype_cancel" model="mail.message.subtype">
-            <field name="name">cancel</field>
+            <field name="name">cancelled</field>
             <field name="model_ids" eval="[(4,ref('sale.model_sale_order'))]"/>
             <field name="default" eval="False"/>
         </record>