diff --git a/swh/lister/core/models.py b/swh/lister/core/models.py
index ce996b1..9fbd157 100644
--- a/swh/lister/core/models.py
+++ b/swh/lister/core/models.py
@@ -1,72 +1,72 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2017 the Software Heritage developers
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import abc
 from datetime import datetime
 import logging
 
 from sqlalchemy import Column, DateTime, Integer, String
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import DeclarativeMeta
 
 from .abstractattribute import AbstractAttribute
 
 from swh.storage.schemata.distribution import SQLBase
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class ABCSQLMeta(abc.ABCMeta, DeclarativeMeta):
     pass
 
 
 class ModelBase(SQLBase, metaclass=ABCSQLMeta):
     """a common repository"""
     __abstract__ = True
     __tablename__ = AbstractAttribute
 
     uid = AbstractAttribute('Column(<uid_type>, primary_key=True)')
 
     name = Column(String, index=True)
     full_name = Column(String, index=True)
     html_url = Column(String)
     origin_url = Column(String)
     origin_type = Column(String)
 
     last_seen = Column(DateTime, nullable=False)
 
     task_id = Column(Integer)
 
     def __init__(self, **kw):
         kw['last_seen'] = datetime.now()
         super().__init__(**kw)
 
 
 class IndexingModelBase(ModelBase, metaclass=ABCSQLMeta):
     __abstract__ = True
     __tablename__ = AbstractAttribute
 
     # The value used for sorting, segmenting, or api query paging,
     # because uids aren't always sequential.
     indexable = AbstractAttribute('Column(<indexable_type>, index=True)')
 
 
 def initialize(db_engine, drop_tables=False, **kwargs):
     """Default database initialization function for a lister.
 
     Typically called from the lister's initialization hook.
 
     Args:
         models (list): list of SQLAlchemy tables/models to drop/create.
-        db_enfine (): the SQLAlchemy DB engine.
+        db_engine (): the SQLAlchemy DB engine.
         drop_tables (bool): if True, tables will be dropped before
             (re)creating them.
     """
 
     if drop_tables:
         logger.info('Dropping tables')
         SQLBase.metadata.drop_all(db_engine, checkfirst=True)
 
     logger.info('Creating tables')
     SQLBase.metadata.create_all(db_engine, checkfirst=True)