diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
index cef94103b0..56ba6535a4 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ The `unwilling to perform' is not overridden.
 The ordering of the flags is significant.
 For instance: `IG{2}' means ignore errors and jump two lines ahead
 both in case of match and in case of error, while `G{2}I' means ignore
-errors, but jump thwo lines ahead only in case of match.
+errors, but jump two lines ahead only in case of match.
 .LP
 More flags (mainly Action Flags) will be added as needed.
 .SH "Pattern matching:"