diff --git a/chapter06/libelf.xml b/chapter06/libelf.xml
index 716dd52d4..9d1c3b1c6 100644
--- a/chapter06/libelf.xml
+++ b/chapter06/libelf.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <para>Libelf is part of elfutils-&elfutils-version; package. Use
       the elfutils-&elfutils-version;.tar.xz as the source tarball.</para>
 
-    <para>Fiirst, fix a file to be compatible with gcc-8"</para>
+    <para>First, fix a file to be compatible with gcc-8"</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/ALIGN_PRSTATUS)/{ 
         s/__attribute/attribute_packed &amp;/