diff --git a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1 b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
index e350a8f1b9cb0b308961ab45f3275401c16812e1..33ca8d391f078c4c540eae839bf2871e5b987c5d 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ Display the version number of scontrol being executed.
 
 .TP
 \fBwait_job\fP \fIjob_id\fP
-Wait until a job andall of its nodes are ready for use or the job has entered
+Wait until a job and all of its nodes are ready for use or the job has entered
 some termination state. This option is particularly useful in the Slurm Prolog
 or in the batch script itself if nodes are powered down and restarted
 automatically as needed.