diff --git a/man/gnt-instance.sgml b/man/gnt-instance.sgml
index f31dca2fafa982ac72f589111171abf8dbc6764e..597d8c3b555116908a40c1f0ce06ed158c73f9c4 100644
--- a/man/gnt-instance.sgml
+++ b/man/gnt-instance.sgml
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
           <option>--primary</option>, <option>--secondary</option> and
           <option>--all</option> options are similar as for the
           <command>startup</command> command and they influence the
-          actual instances being shutodnw.
+          actual instances being shutdown.
         </para>
 
         <para>