diff --git a/core/vocabs/vocabs-docs.factor b/core/vocabs/vocabs-docs.factor
index 3f8a71e76c..b2cb422178 100644
--- a/core/vocabs/vocabs-docs.factor
+++ b/core/vocabs/vocabs-docs.factor
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ HELP: forget-vocab
 { $notes "This word must be called from inside " { $link with-compilation-unit } "." } ;
 
 HELP: load-vocab-hook
-{ $var-description { $quotation "( name -- vocab )" } " which loads a vocabulary. This quotation is called by " { $link load-vocab } ". The default value should not need to be changed; this functinality is implemented via a hook stored in a variable to break a circular dependency which would otherwise exist from " { $vocab-link "vocabs" } " to " { $vocab-link "vocabs.loader" } " to " { $vocab-link "parser" } " back to " { $vocab-link "vocabs" } "." } ;
+{ $var-description { $quotation "( name -- vocab )" } " which loads a vocabulary. This quotation is called by " { $link load-vocab } ". The default value should not need to be changed; this functionality is implemented via a hook stored in a variable to break a circular dependency which would otherwise exist from " { $vocab-link "vocabs" } " to " { $vocab-link "vocabs.loader" } " to " { $vocab-link "parser" } " back to " { $vocab-link "vocabs" } "." } ;
 
 HELP: words-named
 { $values { "str" string } { "seq" "a sequence of words" } }