diff --git a/doc/stdenv.xml b/doc/stdenv.xml
index 7a0f8f270ba..cc0c13c5447 100644
--- a/doc/stdenv.xml
+++ b/doc/stdenv.xml
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ someVar=$(stripHash $name)
The most typical use of the setup hook is actually to add other hooks which
are then run (i.e. after all the setup hooks) on each dependency. For
example, the C compiler wrapper's setup hook feeds itself flags for each
- dependency that contains relevant libaries and headers. This is done by
+ dependency that contains relevant libraries and headers. This is done by
defining a bash function, and appending its name to one of
envBuildBuildHooks`, envBuildHostHooks`,
envBuildTargetHooks`, envHostHostHooks`,