diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
index a967cb7afe..5abd5c6fac 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ Connection closed by foreign host.</screen>
 	<para><emphasis>IP Payload Compression Protocol
 	    (<acronym>IPComp</acronym></emphasis>): this protocol
 	  tries to increase communication performance by compressing
-	  the <acronym>IP </acronym> payload in order ro reduce the
+	  the <acronym>IP </acronym> payload in order to reduce the
 	  amount of data sent.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>