diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index f50084cda2..91e1637fba 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -6876,7 +6876,7 @@ as .putsy.conf and edit it.</programlisting>
 	  <makevar>LOCALBASE</makevar> is used, as we are working with
 	  dependencies inside the target environment.  For hardcoding file
 	  paths in the software, <makevar>LOCALBASE_REL</makevar> must
-	  be used, because the software wil run inside the target
+	  be used, because the software will run inside the target
 	  environment.</para>
 
 	<para>Example of correct usage:</para>