diff --git a/contrib/traceroute/traceroute.8 b/contrib/traceroute/traceroute.8
index c7ad149ec576..5646be938b9f 100644
--- a/contrib/traceroute/traceroute.8
+++ b/contrib/traceroute/traceroute.8
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ ip checksums. In some cases, the operating system can overwrite parts of
 the outgoing packet but not recalculate the checksum (so in some cases
 the default is to not calculate checksums and using
 .B \-x
-causes them to be calcualted). Note that checksums are usually required
+causes them to be calculated). Note that checksums are usually required
 for the last hop when using ICMP ECHO probes
 .RB ( \-I ).
 So they are always calculated when using ICMP.