diff --git a/man/dmsetup.8.in b/man/dmsetup.8.in
index e9cc6cb7c..4fcb0845e 100644
--- a/man/dmsetup.8.in
+++ b/man/dmsetup.8.in
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ process to be killed.
 .br
 Attempts to remove all device definitions i.e. reset the driver.
 Use with care!  From version 4.8.0 onwards, if devices can't
-be removed because uninterruptible processess are waiting for
+be removed because uninterruptible processes are waiting for
 I/O to return from them, adding --force will replace the table 
 with one that fails all I/O, which might allow the 
 process to be killed.  This also runs \fBmknodes\fP afterwards.