diff --git a/man5/gai.conf.5 b/man5/gai.conf.5
index c7baf01b3..6b522544b 100644
--- a/man5/gai.conf.5
+++ b/man5/gai.conf.5
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ This keyword controls whether a process checks whether the configuration
 file has been changed since the last time it was read.
 If the value is
 "\fByes\fR" the file is re-read.
-This might cause problems in multi-threaded
+This might cause problems in multithreaded
 applications and is generally a bad idea.
 The default is "\fBno\fR".
 .TP