diff --git a/src/manpage/tuxpaint.1 b/src/manpage/tuxpaint.1
index fb0bffcbf..b71feb3aa 100644
--- a/src/manpage/tuxpaint.1
+++ b/src/manpage/tuxpaint.1
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ configuration file.
 
 .TP 8
 .B LANG
-to determine langauge to use, if \fIsetlocale(3)\fP refers to 'LC_MESSAGES'.
+to determine language to use, if \fIsetlocale(3)\fP refers to 'LC_MESSAGES'.
 
 .SH FILES
 .TP 8