diff --git a/man2/adjtimex.2 b/man2/adjtimex.2
index a45dece9f..1722369a1 100644
--- a/man2/adjtimex.2
+++ b/man2/adjtimex.2
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ where
 is the system timer interrupt frequency.
 .TP
 .B ENODEV
-The hot-plugable device (like USB for example) represented by a
+The hot-pluggable device (like USB for example) represented by a
 dynamic
 .I clk_id
 has disappeared after its character device was opened.