diff --git a/appendixa/perl-desc.xml b/appendixa/perl-desc.xml
index 24b944279..8b2267046 100644
--- a/appendixa/perl-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/perl-desc.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ files to Perl5-style library modules.</para></sect4>
 <para>pod2text converts pod data to formatted ASCII text.</para></sect4>
 
 <sect4><title>pod2usage</title>
-<para>pos2usage prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in 
+<para>pod2usage prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in 
 files.</para></sect4>
 
 <sect4><title>podchecker</title>