diff --git a/chapter08/gcc.xml b/chapter08/gcc.xml
index a4c7e2c8f..585133241 100644
--- a/chapter08/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gcc.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
     apparently related to the en_HK locale.</para>
 
     <para>Additionally the following tests related to the following files
-    are kown to fail with glibc-2.32: asan_test.C, co-ret-17-void-ret-coro.C, 
+    are known to fail with glibc-2.32: asan_test.C, co-ret-17-void-ret-coro.C, 
     pr95519-05-gro.C, pr80166.c.</para>
 
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