diff --git a/chapter07/usage.xml b/chapter07/usage.xml
index a40ce3be8..259c839e4 100644
--- a/chapter07/usage.xml
+++ b/chapter07/usage.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
   <filename>/etc/sysconfig/init_params</filename>.  Any of the system
   configuration file parameters described in subsequent sections can be
   alternatively placed in this file allowing consolidation of all system
-  parameters in thsi one file.</para>
+  parameters in this one file.</para>
 
   <para>As a debugging convenience, the functions script also logs all output
   to <filename>/run/var/bootlog</filename>.  Since the <filename