diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 5d4986b6bf..fb64cd6d8e 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>RootImage=</varname></term>
         <listitem><para>Takes a path to a block device node or regular file as argument. This call is similar to
-        <varname>RootDirectory=</varname> however mounts a file system hierarchy from a block device node or loopack
+        <varname>RootDirectory=</varname> however mounts a file system hierarchy from a block device node or loopback
         file instead of a directory. The device node or file system image file needs to contain a file system without a
         partition table, or a file system within an MBR/MS-DOS or GPT partition table with only a single
         Linux-compatible partition, or a set of file systems within a GPT partition table that follows the <ulink