diff --git a/man7/time.7 b/man7/time.7
index 5d8fedc11..03a00ea35 100644
--- a/man7/time.7
+++ b/man7/time.7
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ value for a thread.
 The timer slack is the length of time by
 which the kernel may delay the wake-up of certain
 system calls that block with a timeout.
-Permitting this delay allows the kernel to coallesce wake-up events,
+Permitting this delay allows the kernel to coalesce wake-up events,
 thus possibly reducing the number of system wake-ups and saving power.
 For more details, see the description of
 .B PR_SET_TIMERSLACK