diff --git a/app/xidle/xidle.1 b/app/xidle/xidle.1
index 9f0814983..afacfc912 100644
--- a/app/xidle/xidle.1
+++ b/app/xidle/xidle.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: xidle.1,v 1.2 2008/02/10 10:57:05 mcbride Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: xidle.1,v 1.3 2009/06/06 23:33:20 jcs Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Federico G. Schwindt.
 .\"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ a specific program after the elapsed time.
 will also run the program if it is sent a
 .Dv SIGUSR1
 signal, or if the pointer sits in a corner of the screen for
-an ammount of time.
+an amount of time.
 Signal and corner locking are always enabled, whether
 .Fl timeout
 is specified or not.