diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
index 451fec5844..64867dc1de 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ Info:   Lists information about open files (similar to fstat(1))</screen>
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/sbin/pkg</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>You must have a working Internet connection for the
-	bootstrap process to suceed.</para>
+	bootstrap process to succeed.</para>
 
       <para>Otherwise, to install the port, run:</para>