diff --git a/man/udev.xml b/man/udev.xml
index 68067fbbd9..14e4c21aae 100644
--- a/man/udev.xml
+++ b/man/udev.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
           <para>The string can be prefixed with a lowercase e (e"string\n") to mark the string as
           <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style escaped</ulink>.
           For example, e"string\n" is parsed as 7 characters: 6 lowercase letters and a newline.
-          This can be useful for writting special characters when a kernel driver requires them.</para>
+          This can be useful for writing special characters when a kernel driver requires them.</para>
 
           <para>Please note that <constant>NUL</constant> is not allowed in either string variant.</para>
       </refsect2>