diff --git a/H/iatoms.h b/H/iatoms.h
index 7b9270076..3d186ea6b 100644
--- a/H/iatoms.h
+++ b/H/iatoms.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
   AtomSigPending = Yap_FullLookupAtom("$sig_pending");
   AtomSigPipe = Yap_LookupAtom("sig_pipe");
   AtomSigStackDump = Yap_LookupAtom("sig_stack_dump");
-  AtomSigStatistics = Yap_LookupAtom("sig_statistic");
+  AtomSigStatistics = Yap_LookupAtom("sig_statistics");
   AtomSigTrace = Yap_LookupAtom("sig_trace");
   AtomSigUsr1 = Yap_LookupAtom("sig_usr1");
   AtomSigUsr2 = Yap_LookupAtom("sig_usr2");
diff --git a/misc/ATOMS b/misc/ATOMS
index 36aa9f297..f07d875c4 100644
--- a/misc/ATOMS
+++ b/misc/ATOMS
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ A	SigIti			N	"sig_iti"
 A	SigPending		F	"$sig_pending"
 A	SigPipe			N	"sig_pipe"
 A	SigStackDump		N	"sig_stack_dump"
-A	SigStatistics		N	"sig_statistic"
+A	SigStatistics		N	"sig_statistics"
 A	SigTrace		N	"sig_trace"
 A	SigUsr1			N	"sig_usr1"
 A	SigUsr2			N	"sig_usr2"