diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 39aafb717..0a3503f99 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -4026,7 +4026,7 @@ A nonzero value enables leases.
 .\" commit d29216842a85c7970c536108e093963f02714498
 The value in this file specifies the maximum number of mounts that may exist
 in a mount namespace.
-The default vslue in this file is 100,000.
+The default value in this file is 100,000.
 .TP
 .IR /proc/sys/fs/mqueue " (since Linux 2.6.6)"
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