diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 5b39269067ebe910153a32412859a2187c28413f..d053fcebfd0dae357e42f4176f88290f0e9c02e5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ host ... ldap ldapserver=ldap.example.net ldapprefix="cn=" ldapsuffix=", dc=exam
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    Here is an exaple for a search+bind configuration:
+    Here is an example for a search+bind configuration:
 <programlisting>
 host ... ldap ldapserver=ldap.example.net ldapbasedn="dc=example, dc=net" ldapsearchattribute=uid
 </programlisting>