diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index df8f0e22fc52b08b6afe6383e09f873ab7d3f000..283a3f444ef1eb40633e33690449872917c2e372 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ written to a text file specified by the \fBJobCompLoc\fR parameter.
 The value "jobcomp/mysql" indicates that a record of the job should be 
 written to a mysql database specified by the \fBJobCompLoc\fR parameter.
 The value "jobcomp/pgsql" indicates that a record of the job should be 
-written to a postresql database specified by the \fBJobCompLoc\fR parameter.
+written to a postgresql database specified by the \fBJobCompLoc\fR parameter.
 The value "jobcomp/script" indicates that a script specified by the 
 \fBJobCompLoc\fR parameter is to be executed with environment variables 
 indicating the job information.