diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/gdbus-codegen.xml b/docs/reference/gio/gdbus-codegen.xml
index 6fd091f42..fdd367bc5 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/gdbus-codegen.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/gdbus-codegen.xml
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ on_handle_hello_world (MyAppFrobber           *interface,
       received. The queue is drained in an idle handler (which is called from the
       <link linkend="g-main-context-push-thread-default">thread-default main loop</link>
       of the thread where the skeleton object was
-      contructed) and will cause emissions of the <ulink
+      constructed) and will cause emissions of the <ulink
       url="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#standard-interfaces-properties">org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties::PropertiesChanged</ulink>
       signal with all the properties that have changed. Use
       g_dbus_interface_skeleton_flush() or