diff --git a/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml b/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml
index 9c6363694b..cdb6c6c200 100644
--- a/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml
+++ b/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
          </tgroup>
         </table>
         <simplelist>
-         <member>ok: the second call will be successfull.</member>
+         <member>ok: the second call will be successful.</member>
          <member>wait: the second call waits until <function>dba_close</function> is called for the first.</member>
          <member>false: the second call returns false.</member>
          <member>illegal: you must not mix <literal>"l"</literal> and <literal>"d"</literal> modifiers for <parameter>mode</parameter> parameter.</member>