diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1
index fbd892b4..f1b8cac6 100644
--- a/find/find.1
+++ b/find/find.1
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ knows that it doesn't need to call
 .I stat()
 or
 .I chdir() 
-on the symbolic link, so this diagnostic is frequently not neccessary.
+on the symbolic link, so this diagnostic is frequently not necessary.
 .P
 The \-d option is supported for comatibility with various BSD systems,
 but you should use the POSIX-compliant predicate \-depth instead.