diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/zfs/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/zfs/chapter.xml
index 3b95d712bf..368b621ddf 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/zfs/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/zfs/chapter.xml
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ errors: No known data errors</screen>
     <sect2 xml:id="zfs-zpool-replace">
       <title>Replacing a Functioning Device</title>
 
-      <para>There are a number of situations where it m be
+      <para>There are a number of situations where it may be
 	desirable to replace one disk with a different disk.  When
 	replacing a working disk, the process keeps the old disk
 	online during the replacement.  The pool never enters a