1 diff --git a/gzip.1 b/gzip.1
2 index faee860..9b221a7 100644
5 @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ While compressing, synchronize the output occasionally based on the input.
6 This increases size by less than 1 percent most cases, but means that the
8 program can take advantage of similarities in the uncompressed input
9 -when syncronizing two files compressed with this flag.
10 +when synchronizing two files compressed with this flag.
12 cannot tell the difference between a compressed file created with this option,
13 and one created without it.