diff --git a/whois.1 b/whois.1
index 09d115f..85a97c3 100644
--- a/whois.1
+++ b/whois.1
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ of objects are located. If the variable does not exist then
 .SH "BUGS"
 The program may have buffer overflows in the command line parser:
 be sure to not pass untrusted data to it.
-It should be rewritten to use a dynamics strings library.
+It should be rewritten to use a dynamic strings library.
 .SH "HISTORY"
 This program closely tracks the user interface of the whois client
 developed at RIPE by Ambrose Magee and others on the base of the