diff --git a/doc/crypto/ERR_remove_state.pod b/doc/crypto/ERR_remove_state.pod
index ebcdc0f5a5be35a58e469ad3d4f43fa3ba64cb28..72925fb9f474cf9f3abcb88171e3dcbb0af5c923 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/ERR_remove_state.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/ERR_remove_state.pod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ERR_remove_state() frees the error queue associated with thread B<pid>.
 If B<pid> == 0, the current thread will have its error queue removed.
 
 Since error queue data structures are allocated automatically for new
-threads, they must be freed when threads are terminated in oder to
+threads, they must be freed when threads are terminated in order to
 avoid memory leaks.
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUE