diff --git a/reference/wincache/book.xml b/reference/wincache/book.xml
index 8dd5944e9d..0b14a22dd1 100644
--- a/reference/wincache/book.xml
+++ b/reference/wincache/book.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <para>
      <emphasis>Session Handler (available since version 1.1.0)</emphasis> - The WinCache session handler can be used to
      store the PHP session data in the shared memory cache. This avoids file system operations for reading
-     and writing session data, which improves performance when large amound of data is stored in PHP session.
+     and writing session data, which improves performance when large amount of data is stored in PHP session.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>