diff --git a/source4/smbd/samba.8.xml b/source4/smbd/samba.8.xml
index e0dd28c499a..2fa126fed0a 100644
--- a/source4/smbd/samba.8.xml
+++ b/source4/smbd/samba.8.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		<listitem><para>If this parameter is specified it causes the
 		server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the
 		server is executed on the command line of a shell. Setting this
-		parameter negates the implicit deamon mode when run from the
+		parameter negates the implicit daemon mode when run from the
 		command line. <command>samba</command> also logs to standard
 		output, as if the <command>-S</command> parameter had been
 		given.