diff --git a/src/lib/libutil/openpty.3 b/src/lib/libutil/openpty.3
index 986912b6..1856654f 100644
--- a/src/lib/libutil/openpty.3
+++ b/src/lib/libutil/openpty.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: openpty.3,v 1.12 2004/02/10 01:31:20 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: openpty.3,v 1.13 2004/02/21 13:47:41 espie Exp $
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ first it attempts to allocate the pseudo-tty through the
 .Pa /dev/ptm
 device (see
 .Xr pty 4
-for details) and if that fails it searches for a free psuedo-tty by iterating
+for details) and if that fails it searches for a free pseudo-tty by iterating
 through all existing pseudo-tty devices in
 .Pa /dev .
 When a free pseudo-tty is found, its ownership is changed to