diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 055c8b3e101805e3cf66288a914d757efed35a48..b920423f88cbcb19e04a7838359ef04dace8f431 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ tooling to work, you can do:
 swappiness
 
 This control is used to define how aggressive the kernel will swap
-memory pages.  Higher values will increase agressiveness, lower values
+memory pages.  Higher values will increase aggressiveness, lower values
 decrease the amount of swap.  A value of 0 instructs the kernel not to
 initiate swap until the amount of free and file-backed pages is less
 than the high water mark in a zone.