diff --git a/man7/sched.7 b/man7/sched.7
index 1928db727..e1fec42d2 100644
--- a/man7/sched.7
+++ b/man7/sched.7
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ CPUs available, where, since each thread can maximally run for
 Runtime per Period, that thread's utilization is its
 Runtime divided by its Period.
 
-In order to fulfil the guarantees that are made when
+In order to fulfill the guarantees that are made when
 a thread is admitted to the
 .BR SCHED_DEADLINE
 policy,