diff --git a/changes/bug40869 b/changes/bug40869
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da9666333f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug40869
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (directory authority):
+    - Look at the network parameter "maxunmeasuredbw" with the
+      correct spelling.  Fixes bug 40869; bugfix on 0.4.6.1-alpha.
diff --git a/src/feature/dirauth/dirvote.c b/src/feature/dirauth/dirvote.c
index 77148c8725..1080415827 100644
--- a/src/feature/dirauth/dirvote.c
+++ b/src/feature/dirauth/dirvote.c
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ networkstatus_compute_consensus(smartlist_t *votes,
                   params, "maxunmeasuredbw", DEFAULT_MAX_UNMEASURED_BW_KB);
     } else {
       max_unmeasured_bw_kb = dirvote_get_intermediate_param_value(
-                  param_list, "maxunmeasurdbw", DEFAULT_MAX_UNMEASURED_BW_KB);
+                  param_list, "maxunmeasuredbw", DEFAULT_MAX_UNMEASURED_BW_KB);
       if (max_unmeasured_bw_kb < 1)
         max_unmeasured_bw_kb = 1;
     }