diff --git a/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-generic.xml b/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-generic.xml
index 1d3275dafa..91cfbf046b 100644
--- a/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-generic.xml
+++ b/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-generic.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    This function encrypts data. The data is padded with "<literal>\0</literal>"
    to make sure the length of the data is n * blocksize. This
    function returns the encrypted data. Note that the length
-   of the returned string can in fact be longer then the input,
+   of the returned string can in fact be longer than the input,
    due to the padding of the data.
   </para>
   <para>