diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
index f96059767c8c..192c36af39e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ Domain`_ references.
   ``monospaced font``.
 
   Useful if you need to use special characters that would otherwise have some
-  meaning either by kernel-doc script of by reStructuredText.
+  meaning either by kernel-doc script or by reStructuredText.
 
   This is particularly useful if you need to use things like ``%ph`` inside
   a function description.