diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml
index 2fb981b4d55d11b34270bb85974ac1a2207bd816..df98765c7f5daa0c2319ee9c0251ff842ff63649 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ CREATE USER username
CREATE USER will add a new user to an instance of
- Postgres. Refer to the adminstrator's
+ Postgres. Refer to the administrator's
guide for information about managing users and authentication.
You must be a database superuser to use this command.