diff --git a/policycoreutils/semanage/semanage-port.8 b/policycoreutils/semanage/semanage-port.8
index 9aefd3b1..3f067c52 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/semanage/semanage-port.8
+++ b/policycoreutils/semanage/semanage-port.8
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .B semanage port [\-h] [\-n] [\-N] [\-s STORE] [ \-\-add \-t TYPE \-p PROTOCOL \-r RANGE port_name | port_range | \-\-delete \-p PROTOCOL port_name | port_range | \-\-deleteall  | \-\-extract  | \-\-list [\-C] | \-\-modify \-t TYPE \-p PROTOCOL \-r RANGE port_name | port_range ]
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-semanage is used to configure certain elements of SELinux policy without requiring modification to or recompilation from policy sources.  semanage port controls the port number to port type defitions.
+semanage is used to configure certain elements of SELinux policy without requiring modification to or recompilation from policy sources.  semanage port controls the port number to port type definitions.
 
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .TP