diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index e9af61591..068fef71a 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ the method suggested in this book puts the stability of the system at
risk.
Glibc has two tests which fail when the running kernel is 2.6.11 or later.
-The problem has been determined to be with the tests themselves, not with the C libarary or the kernel. If you plan to run the testsuite apply this patch:
+The problem has been determined to be with the tests themselves, not with the C library or the kernel. If you plan to run the testsuite apply this patch:
patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-testfix-patch;