diff --git a/README b/README
index da800c5947..56c9c4079f 100644
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+++ b/README
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ BIND 9.5.0
 
 	Faster ACL processing.
 
-	Use Doxygen to generate internal documention.
+	Use Doxygen to generate internal documentation.
 
         Efficient LRU cache-cleaning mechanism.