diff --git a/man2/mmap.2 b/man2/mmap.2
index 59021b1a2..0655d7b13 100644
--- a/man2/mmap.2
+++ b/man2/mmap.2
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ is not NULL,
 then the kernel takes it as a hint about where to place the mapping;
 on Linux, the mapping will be created at a nearby page boundary.
 .\" Before Linux 2.6.24, the address was rounded up to the next page
-.\" boundary; since 2.6.24, it is rouned down!
+.\" boundary; since 2.6.24, it is rounded down!
 The address of the new mapping is returned as the result of the call.
 
 The contents of a file mapping (as opposed to an anonymous mapping; see