diff --git a/language/oop.xml b/language/oop.xml
index 95be94372b..d121a24147 100644
--- a/language/oop.xml
+++ b/language/oop.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.36 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.37 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.oop">
   <title>Classes and Objects</title>
 
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ $b->example();
    code, you should be using the special name
    <literal>parent</literal>, which refers to the name of your
    base class as given in the <literal>extends</literal>
-   declation of your class. By doing this, you avoid using the
+   declaration of your class. By doing this, you avoid using the
    name of your base class in more than one place. Should
    your inheritance tree change during implementation, the
    change is easily made by simply changing the