diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.xml
index f6ef7d7eb8..6b95269b08 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.xml
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ echo_write(struct cdev *dev __unused, struct uio *uio, int ioflag __unused)
 	if (uio->uio_offset == 0)
 		echomsg->len = 0;
 
-	/* NULL charcter should be overriden */
+	/* NULL character should be overridden */
 	if (echomsg->len != 0)
 		echomsg->len--;