diff --git a/sox.1 b/sox.1
index b8f27dbe..110e6406 100644
--- a/sox.1
+++ b/sox.1
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ translates an audio file in Sun AU format to a Microsoft WAV file, whilst
    sox recital.au \-b 16 recital.wav channels 1 rate 16k fade 3 norm
 .EE
 performs the same format translation, but also applies four effects
-(down-mix to one channel, sample rate change, fade-in, nomalize),
+(down-mix to one channel, sample rate change, fade-in, normalize),
 and stores the result at a bit-depth of 16.
 .EX
    sox \-r 16k \-e signed \-b 8 \-c 1 voice-memo.raw voice-memo.wav