diff --git a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1 b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
index 5079127c15685c1066966d67f495315610f0ca64..abe90ba14b4ca7310864a2f4d7d0bfe3c1074fd8 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ Speciify the maximum number of tasks in a job array that can execute at
 the same time.
 Set the count to zero in order to eliminate any limit.
 The task throttle count for a job array is reported as part of its ArrayTaskId
-field, preceeded with a percent sign.
+field, preceded with a percent sign.
 For example "ArrayTaskId=1\-10%2" indicates the maximum number of running tasks
 is limited to 2.
 .TP