diff --git a/appendices/filters.xml b/appendices/filters.xml
index 733adcfc12..526c127ea6 100644
--- a/appendices/filters.xml
+++ b/appendices/filters.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
 <appendix id="filters">
  <title>List of Available Filters</title>
  <para>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ fwrite($fp, "This is a test.\n");
 
   <simpara>
    While the <xref linkend="wrappers.compression"/> provide a way of creating
-   gzip and bz2 compatable files on the local filesystem, they do not provide a 
+   gzip and bz2 compatible files on the local filesystem, they do not provide a 
    means for generalized compression over network streams, nor do they provide a 
    means to begin with a non-compressed stream and transition to a compressed one.  
    For this, a compression filter may be applied to any stream resource at any time.