diff --git a/man/gnt-instance.sgml b/man/gnt-instance.sgml
index 68302f0008db75d70108412e2d43068cb3c5f002..15cb4c818f674822383e35870d6bf6628568098c 100644
--- a/man/gnt-instance.sgml
+++ b/man/gnt-instance.sgml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
           <sbr>
 
           <arg>--hvm-disk-type
-          <replaceale>DISKTYPE</replaceable></arg>
+          <replaceable>DISKTYPE</replaceable></arg>
           <sbr>
 
           <arg>--vnc-bind-address