diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
index 965ddcd9be..12918a1856 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
@@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ Relnotes:           yes</programlisting>
 	    and requires some feedback first.  People really do not
 	    mind sweeping changes if the result is something clearly
 	    better than what they had before, they just do not like
-	    being <emphasis>surprized</emphasis> by those changes.
+	    being <emphasis>surprised</emphasis> by those changes.
 	    The very best way of making sure that you are on the right
 	    track is to have your code reviewed by one or more other
 	    committers.</para>