diff --git a/doc/man/timew.1.in b/doc/man/timew.1.in
index bbfbf759..2697cc5b 100644
--- a/doc/man/timew.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/timew.1.in
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ The values 'true', '1', 'y', 'yes' and 'on' are all equivalent and enable a
 setting. Any other value means disable the setting.
 
 Default values may be overridden by timewarrior.cfg values, which may in turn be
-overriden on the command line using:
+overridden on the command line using:
 
   rc.<name>=<value>