diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 3b95bba..659dcb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@
 Enabling debugging output
 -------------------------
 
-The module takes a debug paramater which can be used to selectively
+The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively
 enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
 
 	 modprobe ibm_acpi debug=0xffff