diff --git a/man7/boot.7 b/man7/boot.7
index fada43e92..d126e1b92 100644
--- a/man7/boot.7
+++ b/man7/boot.7
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ kernel), and mounts some filesystem at the root path,
 
 Some of the parameters that may be passed to the kernel
 relate to these activities (for example, the default root filesystem
-can be overriden); for further information
+can be overridden); for further information
 on Linux kernel parameters, read
 .BR bootparam (7).