diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/substr-count.xml b/reference/strings/functions/substr-count.xml
index 85fa15e656..510aaa3ce0 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/substr-count.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/substr-count.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.27 -->
 <refentry id="function.substr-count">
  <refnamediv>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
      <term><parameter>length</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The maximum legth after the specified offset to search for the
+       The maximum length after the specified offset to search for the
        substring. It outputs a warning if the offset plus the length is
        greater than the <parameter>haystack</parameter> length.
       </para>