diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
index 4c7e6bbcfa..788ef0bfed 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ scsibus1:
 
       <listitem>
 	<para>Copies of whole file systems or disks which are
-	  sychronized with another system on the network using a
+	  synchronized with another system on the network using a
 	  scheduled <package>net/rsync</package>.</para>
       </listitem>