diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index 8a80ebabf..608cf7c55 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ In the default path
 .IR /lib ,
 and then
 .IR /usr/lib .
-(On some 64-bit archiectures, the default paths for 64-bit shared objects are
+(On some 64-bit architectures, the default paths for 64-bit shared objects are
 .IR /lib64 ,
 and then
 .IR /usr/lib64 .)