diff --git a/doc/man/mkvmerge.xml b/doc/man/mkvmerge.xml
index 2e3a8affe..2d16aa5d1 100644
--- a/doc/man/mkvmerge.xml
+++ b/doc/man/mkvmerge.xml
@@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ Track ID 1: audio (A_MPEG/L3)</screen>
    <title>The simple chapter format</title>
 
    <para>
-    This formmat consists of pairs of lines that start with '<literal>CHAPTERxx=</literal>' and '<literal>CHAPTERxxNAME=</literal>'
+    This format consists of pairs of lines that start with '<literal>CHAPTERxx=</literal>' and '<literal>CHAPTERxxNAME=</literal>'
     respectively. The first one contains the start timestamp while the second one contains the title. Here's an example:
    </para>