diff --git a/docs/traffic_shaping.xml b/docs/traffic_shaping.xml
index 12989a0ed..14f56fede 100644
--- a/docs/traffic_shaping.xml
+++ b/docs/traffic_shaping.xml
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ ip link set ifb0 up
Entries in /etc/shorewall/tcrules have no
effect on shaping traffic through an IFB. To allow classification of such
traffic, the /etc/shorewall/tcfilters file has been added. Entries in that
- file create u32
+ file create u32
classification rules.