diff --git a/reference/session/sessionhandler.xml b/reference/session/sessionhandler.xml
index 613809c036..18f9472a66 100644
--- a/reference/session/sessionhandler.xml
+++ b/reference/session/sessionhandler.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     By default, this class will wrap whatever internal save handler is set as as defined by the
     <link linkend="ini.session.save-handler">session.save_handler</link> configuration directive which is usually
     <parameter>files</parameter> by default.
-    Other internal session save hadlers are provided by PHP extensions such as SQLite (as <parameter>sqlite</parameter>),
+    Other internal session save handlers are provided by PHP extensions such as SQLite (as <parameter>sqlite</parameter>),
     Memcache (as <parameter>memcache</parameter>), and Memcached (as <parameter>memcached</parameter>).
    </para>
    <para>