diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
index 87a97f2bc9..1e2f396489 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Consider the (silly) example
 .fi
 .LP
 which allows search and compare privileges to everybody under
-the "dc=example,dc=com" tree, with the seconf rule allowing
+the "dc=example,dc=com" tree, with the second rule allowing
 also read in the "ou=People" subtree,
 or the (even more silly) example
 .LP