diff --git a/addons/hr/i18n/hr.pot b/addons/hr/i18n/hr.pot
index 40a2e1137cc..3406040e7b4 100644
--- a/addons/hr/i18n/hr.pot
+++ b/addons/hr/i18n/hr.pot
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #: code:addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py:0
 #, python-format
 msgid ""
-"<b>Congratulations !</b> May I recommand you to setup an <a "
-"href=\"%s\">onboarding plan ?</a>"
+"<b>Congratulations !</b> May I recommend you to setup an <a "
+"href=\"%s\">onboarding plan?</a>"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: hr
diff --git a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
index 51b8129f671..a5073d791f3 100644
--- a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
+++ b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class HrEmployeePrivate(models.Model):
             vals['name'] = vals.get('name', user.name)
         employee = super(HrEmployeePrivate, self).create(vals)
         url = '/web#%s' % url_encode({'action': 'hr.plan_wizard_action', 'active_id': employee.id, 'active_model': 'hr.employee'})
-        employee._message_log(body=_('<b>Congratulations !</b> May I recommand you to setup an <a href="%s">onboarding plan ?</a>') % (url))
+        employee._message_log(body=_('<b>Congratulations!</b> May I recommend you to setup an <a href="%s">onboarding plan?</a>') % (url))
         if employee.department_id:
             self.env['mail.channel'].sudo().search([
                 ('subscription_department_ids', 'in', employee.department_id.id)