diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index 27ae2a04d..33f53ec1e 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 -->
     <para>Move programs to their final expected locations. Although this is
     not necessary in this temporary environment, we must do so because some
-    programs harcode executable locations:</para>
+    programs hardcode executable locations:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v $LFS/usr/bin/chroot              $LFS/usr/sbin
 mkdir -pv $LFS/usr/share/man/man8