diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/user.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/user.txt
index 1291c498f78fdd91b5eeebf01d6f43de33737413..a5882865836e3d87c990012486da810b32326a67 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/user.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/user.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Documentation for /proc/sys/user/*	kernel version 4.9.0
 
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-This file contains the documetation for the sysctl files in
+This file contains the documentation for the sysctl files in
 /proc/sys/user.
 
 The files in this directory can be used to override the default