diff --git a/man2/seteuid.2 b/man2/seteuid.2
index 2b4091310..8485cf759 100644
--- a/man2/seteuid.2
+++ b/man2/seteuid.2
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ with the difference that the change in implementation from
 .BI setregid(\-1, " egid" )
 to
 .BI setresgid(\-1, " egid" ", \-1)"
-occurred in glibc 2.2 or 2.3 (dependeing on the hardware architecture).
+occurred in glibc 2.2 or 2.3 (depending on the hardware architecture).
 
 According to POSIX.1,
 .BR seteuid ()