diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index 48de64976e0..9e9b29b6b5e 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ For example, the following will force dollar amounts to be displayed as shown:
 $ hledger print -c '$1.000,0'
 ```
 
-This option can repeated to set the display style for multiple
+This option can be repeated to set the display style for multiple
 commodities/currencies. Its argument is as described in 
 the [commodity directive](#commodity-directive).