diff --git a/basis/regexp/regexp-docs.factor b/basis/regexp/regexp-docs.factor
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--- a/basis/regexp/regexp-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/regexp/regexp-docs.factor
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ARTICLE: { "regexp" "intro" } "A quick introduction to regular expressions"
 { $code "R/ (f|b)oo+/ \"bar\" re-replace" }
 "To search a file for all lines that match a given regular expression, you could use code like this:"
 { $code <" "file.txt" ascii file-lines [ R/ (f|b)oo+/ re-contains? ] filter "> }
-"To test if a string in its entirity matches a regular expression, the following can be used:"
+"To test if a string in its entirety matches a regular expression, the following can be used:"
 { $example <" USING: regexp prettyprint ; "fooo" R/ (b|f)oo+/ matches? . "> "t" }
 "Regular expressions can't be used for all parsing tasks. For example, they are not powerful enough to match balancing parentheses." ;