diff --git a/man4/wavelan.4 b/man4/wavelan.4
index 17e0e0a53..1e6e3f447 100644
--- a/man4/wavelan.4
+++ b/man4/wavelan.4
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ to
 or disable it
 .RI [ off ].
 As the NWID is stored in the card Permanent Storage Area, it will be
-reuse at any further invocation of the driver.
+reused at any further invocation of the driver.
 .SS Frequency & channels
 For the 2.4\ GHz 2.00 Hardware, you are able to set the frequency by
 specifying one of the 10 defined channels