diff --git a/man2/kcmp.2 b/man2/kcmp.2
index b0994758a..7acfa8ef8 100644
--- a/man2/kcmp.2
+++ b/man2/kcmp.2
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
 Before Linux 5.12,
 this system call is available only if the kernel is configured with
 .BR CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE ,
-since the original pupose the system call was for the
+since the original purpose of the system call was for the
 checkpoint/restore in user space (CRIU) feature.
 (The alternative to this system call would have been to expose suitable
 process information via the