diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 8c4ee1173691..29d84d1d9ba0 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
   AUTHORS: bapt@FreeBSD.org
 
   LOCALIZED_LANG option has gone, localised packages are now available
-  separatly, you can also use editors/libreoffice-i18n to pick the
+  separately, you can also use editors/libreoffice-i18n to pick the
   localisation you want.
 
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