diff --git a/docs/manual/sections.html.en b/docs/manual/sections.html.en
index e1b76ba72d..692dcd3918 100644
--- a/docs/manual/sections.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/sections.html.en
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ to change the scope of other configuration directives.</p>
 <li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#virtualhost">Virtual Hosts</a></li>
 <li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxy">Proxy</a></li>
 <li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#whatwhere">What Directives are Allowed?</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#mergin">How the sections are merged</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#merging">How the sections are merged</a></li>
 </ul></div>
 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 <div class="section">
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ sections.</li>
 </ul>
 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 <div class="section">
-<h2><a name="mergin" id="mergin">How the sections are merged</a></h2>
+<h2><a name="merging" id="merging">How the sections are merged</a></h2>
 
 <p>The configuration sections are applied in a very particular order.
 Since this can have important effects on how configuration directives
diff --git a/docs/manual/sections.xml b/docs/manual/sections.xml
index 26376324cb..1b35dab89a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/sections.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/sections.xml
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ sections.</li>
 </ul>
 </section>
 
-<section id="mergin"><title>How the sections are merged</title>
+<section id="merging"><title>How the sections are merged</title>
 
 <p>The configuration sections are applied in a very particular order.
 Since this can have important effects on how configuration directives