diff --git a/doc/user/palm-detection.rst b/doc/user/palm-detection.rst
index 6447f79a..9e469b9e 100644
--- a/doc/user/palm-detection.rst
+++ b/doc/user/palm-detection.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pressure ranges, see :ref:`touchpad_pressure`.
 Palm detection based on touch size
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-On touchads that support the ``ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR`` axes, libinput can perform
+On touchpads that support the ``ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR`` axes, libinput can perform
 palm detection based on the size of the touch ellipse. This works similar to
 the pressure-based palm detection in that a touch is labelled as palm when
 it exceeds the (device-specific) touch size threshold.