diff --git a/docs/FAQ.xml b/docs/FAQ.xml
index c1793220a..f88cab835 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ.xml
+++ b/docs/FAQ.xml
@@ -2196,7 +2196,7 @@ gateway:~#
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       </blockquote>
 
-      <para>then it means that somehing outside of Shorewall has deleted the
+      <para>then it means that something outside of Shorewall has deleted the
       chain. This usually means that you were running another firewall package
       before you installed Shorewall and that other package has replaced
       Shorewall's Netfilter configuration with its own. You must remove (or at