diff --git a/qiita_db/support_files/patches/49.sql b/qiita_db/support_files/patches/49.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b2b3c42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qiita_db/support_files/patches/49.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-- Jan 27, 2017
+-- sequeneces -> sequences
+
+UPDATE qiita.artifact_type SET description = 'Demultiplexed and QC sequences'
+  WHERE artifact_type = 'Demultiplexed'
+    AND description = 'Demultiplexed and QC sequeneces';
diff --git a/qiita_db/test/test_artifact.py b/qiita_db/test/test_artifact.py
index 142cbf59e..202ae8630 100644
--- a/qiita_db/test/test_artifact.py
+++ b/qiita_db/test/test_artifact.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_iter_public(self):
     def test_create_type(self):
         obs = qdb.artifact.Artifact.types()
         exp = [['BIOM', 'BIOM table'],
-               ['Demultiplexed', 'Demultiplexed and QC sequeneces'],
+               ['Demultiplexed', 'Demultiplexed and QC sequences'],
                ['FASTA', None], ['FASTA_Sanger', None], ['FASTQ', None],
                ['SFF', None], ['per_sample_FASTQ', None]]
         self.assertItemsEqual(obs, exp)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def test_create_type(self):
 
         obs = qdb.artifact.Artifact.types()
         exp = [['BIOM', 'BIOM table'],
-               ['Demultiplexed', 'Demultiplexed and QC sequeneces'],
+               ['Demultiplexed', 'Demultiplexed and QC sequences'],
                ['FASTA', None], ['FASTA_Sanger', None], ['FASTQ', None],
                ['SFF', None], ['per_sample_FASTQ', None],
                ['NewType', 'NewTypeDesc']]
diff --git a/qiita_pet/handlers/api_proxy/tests/test_artifact.py b/qiita_pet/handlers/api_proxy/tests/test_artifact.py
index f6876f524..badcd9f06 100644
--- a/qiita_pet/handlers/api_proxy/tests/test_artifact.py
+++ b/qiita_pet/handlers/api_proxy/tests/test_artifact.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def test_artifact_types_get_req(self):
         exp = {'message': '',
                'status': 'success',
                'types': [['BIOM', 'BIOM table'],
-                         ['Demultiplexed', 'Demultiplexed and QC sequeneces'],
+                         ['Demultiplexed', 'Demultiplexed and QC sequences'],
                          ['FASTA', None],
                          ['FASTA_Sanger', None],
                          ['FASTQ', None],