diff --git a/STATUS b/STATUS
index 92000c7717..32d7217b3f 100644
--- a/STATUS
+++ b/STATUS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The current version of this file can be found at:
 
   * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/STATUS
 
-Documentation status is maintained seperately and can be found at:
+Documentation status is maintained separately and can be found at:
 
   * docs/STATUS in this source tree, or
   * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/STATUS