diff --git a/man/hroller.rst b/man/hroller.rst
index 7865eda83342efaa5a135a5007d79cf8f6514083..35f97172927df9c269d5127d901829900e93e60f 100644
--- a/man/hroller.rst
+++ b/man/hroller.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Offline nodes should be ignored.
 Filtering by nodegroup should be allowed.
 
 If instances are online the tool should refuse to do offline rolling
-maintenances, unless explicitely requested.
+maintenances, unless explicitly requested.
 
 End-to-end shelltests should be provided.