diff --git a/chapter08/expect.xml b/chapter08/expect.xml
index 5c21e390f..76795782d 100644
--- a/chapter08/expect.xml
+++ b/chapter08/expect.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     other virtual kernel file systems) mounted correctly.  Then reenter
     the chroot environment following <xref linkend='ch-tools-chroot'/>.
     This issue needs to be resolved before continuing, or the test suites
-    requring Expect (for example the test suites of Bash, Binutils, GCC,
+    requiring Expect (for example the test suites of Bash, Binutils, GCC,
     GDBM, and of course Expect itself) will fail catastrophically, and other
     subtle breakages may also happen.</para>