diff --git a/doc/stdenv.xml b/doc/stdenv.xml
index 7a0f8f270bad..cc0c13c54471 100644
--- a/doc/stdenv.xml
+++ b/doc/stdenv.xml
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ someVar=$(stripHash $name)
    The most typical use of the setup hook is actually to add other hooks which
    are then run (i.e. after all the setup hooks) on each dependency. For
    example, the C compiler wrapper's setup hook feeds itself flags for each
-   dependency that contains relevant libaries and headers. This is done by
+   dependency that contains relevant libraries and headers. This is done by
    defining a bash function, and appending its name to one of
    <envar>envBuildBuildHooks</envar>`, <envar>envBuildHostHooks</envar>`,
    <envar>envBuildTargetHooks</envar>`, <envar>envHostHostHooks</envar>`,