diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-set-charset.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-set-charset.xml
index de71106c63..93946665cf 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-set-charset.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-set-charset.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.mysql-set-charset" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysql_set_charset</refname>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
    <para>
     This is the preferred way to change the charset. Using
     <function>mysql_query</function> to execute <literal>SET NAMES ..</literal>
-    is not reccomended.
+    is not recommended.
    </para>
   </note>
  </refsect1>