diff --git a/appendices/migration53.xml b/appendices/migration53.xml
index 6fd0e8cbc7..91922951cc 100644
--- a/appendices/migration53.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration53.xml
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      <function>preg_filter</function>
-     - Perform a regular expression search and replace, reutrning only results
+     - Perform a regular expression search and replace, returning only results
      which matched the pattern.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>