diff --git a/doc/lsyncd.1.txt b/doc/lsyncd.1.txt
index 300f2ad..97f0414 100644
--- a/doc/lsyncd.1.txt
+++ b/doc/lsyncd.1.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ lsyncd(1)
 
 NAME
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-lsyncd - a daemon to continously syncronize dircectory trees 
+lsyncd - a daemon to continuously synchronize directory trees 
 
 SYNOPSIS
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