diff --git a/chapter09/theend.xml b/chapter09/theend.xml
index 14c7406e2..272686f5e 100644
--- a/chapter09/theend.xml
+++ b/chapter09/theend.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ on the safe side.</para>
 <para>If you are planning to go ahead and perform the strip, special care is
 needed to ensure you're not running any binaries that are about to be stripped
 -- including the active bash shell. Therefore you'll need to exit the chroot
-environemnt and reenter it using a modified chroot command:</para>
+environment and reenter it using a modified chroot command:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>logout
 chroot $LFS /tools/bin/env -i \