diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 76bd359394..f8a7d0c856 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ default.   You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
 	By default the command will try to detect the patch format
 	automatically. This option allows the user to bypass the automatic
 	detection and specify the patch format that the patch(es) should be
-	intepreted as. Valid formats are mbox, stgit, stgit-series and hg.
+	interpreted as. Valid formats are mbox, stgit, stgit-series and hg.
 
 -i::
 --interactive::