diff --git a/docs/bridge-Shorewall-perl.xml b/docs/bridge-Shorewall-perl.xml
index 316f764f2..c7698a59d 100644
--- a/docs/bridge-Shorewall-perl.xml
+++ b/docs/bridge-Shorewall-perl.xml
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ rc-update add bridge boot
     known. This deferral has the unfortunate side effect that it makes IPSEC
     Netfilter filtration incompatible with bridges. To work around this
     problem, in kernel version 2.6.20 the Netfilter developers decided to
-    removed the deferred processing in two cases:</para>
+    remove the deferred processing in two cases:</para>
 
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>