diff --git a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-doc-intro.xml b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-doc-intro.xml
index 0ffc019e73..86dcdb6000 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-doc-intro.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-doc-intro.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             <listitem><para>The Linux Foundation's guide for kernel development
                 process - <ulink url='http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/book/1-a-guide-kernel-development-process'></ulink></para></listitem>
 <!--            <listitem><para><ulink url='http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt'></ulink></para></listitem> -->
-            <listitem><para>A fairly emcompassing guide on Linux kernel development - 
+            <listitem><para>A fairly encompassing guide on Linux kernel development - 
                 <ulink url='http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/HOWTO;hb=HEAD'></ulink></para></listitem> 
         </itemizedlist>
     </para>