diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml b/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
index 8eed0a4078..26d9a4822e 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
    An example use of <function>addslashes</function> is when you're
    entering data into a database.  For example, to insert the name
    <literal>O'reilly</literal> into a database, you will need to escape
-   it. It's highly recommeneded to use DBMS specific escape function
+   it. It's highly recommended to use DBMS specific escape function
    (e.g. <function>mysqli_real_escape_string</function> for MySQL or
    <function>pg_escape_string</function> for PostgreSQL), but
    if the DBMS you're using does't have an escape function