diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 8ad755b7dae7f5c57302d065d137136e33adbaa4..aa9070107b0ebb8995138da942979734f0aba21d 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
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@@ -3163,7 +3163,7 @@
parameters in its <parameters>
element -
an interfaceid
which is a standard uuid used to
uniquely identify this particular interface to Open vSwitch (if
- you do no specify one, a random interfaceid will be generated
+ you do not specify one, a random interfaceid will be generated
for you when you first define the interface), and an
optional profileid
which is sent to Open vSwitch as
the interfaces "port-profile".