diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index 64ae89e1376d..355d1c161874 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)ls.1	8.7 (Berkeley) 7/29/94
-.\"	$Id: ls.1,v 1.24 1998/07/29 00:46:08 hoek Exp $
+.\"	$Id: ls.1,v 1.25 1998/10/04 00:41:08 jkh Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd July 29, 1994
 .Dt LS 1
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ If this variable is set, it is considered to be a
 colon-delimited list of minimum column widths.  Unreasonable
 and insufficient widths are ignored (thus zero signifies
 a dynamically sized column).  Not all
-columns have changable widths.  The fields are,
+columns have changeable widths.  The fields are,
 in order: inode, block count, number of links, user name,
 group name, flags, file size, file name.
 .El