diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7
index da3150f40..64913bbb6 100644
--- a/man7/namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/namespaces.7
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Linux provides the following namespaces:
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 Namespace	Constant	Isolates
-IPC	CLONE_IPC	System V IPC, POSIX mesage queues
+IPC	CLONE_IPC	System V IPC, POSIX message queues
 Network	CLONE_NEWNET	Network devices, stacks, ports, etc.
 Mount	CLONE_NEWNS	Mount points
 PID	CLONE_NEWPID	Process IDs