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