diff --git a/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml b/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml
index 10bf90f79..8d6495c42 100644
--- a/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ applications shipped with gettext won't suffice (such as msgcomm, msgcmp,
 msgattrib and msgen).</para>
 
 <para><command>libgettextsrc</command> is a private library containing
-common routing used by the various gettext programs. They're not meant for
+common routines used by the various gettext programs. They're not meant for
 general use.</para>
 
 </sect2>