diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
index a6bb7453ea..45927b646a 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
 	  <command>mergemaster -p</command> is needed before the
 	  <maketarget>buildworld</maketarget> step.  These are
 	  described in <filename>UPDATING</filename>.  In general,
-	  though, you can safely ommit this step if you are not
+	  though, you can safely omit this step if you are not
 	  updating across one or more major &os; versions.</para>
       </note>