diff --git a/prologue/typography.xml b/prologue/typography.xml
index 1492cd494..801985807 100644
--- a/prologue/typography.xml
+++ b/prologue/typography.xml
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@
   --prefix=/tools --disable-nls --disable-werror</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Note that the backslash must be followed by an immediate return.  Other
-  whitespace charaters like spaces or tab characters will create incorrect
+  whitespace characters like spaces or tab characters will create incorrect
   results.</para>
 
-
-
-
 <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen>
 
   <para>This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output, probably as