diff --git a/src/avrdude.1 b/src/avrdude.1
index 0287a21b..21d3a23d 100644
--- a/src/avrdude.1
+++ b/src/avrdude.1
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ auto-erased at the beginning. If
 detects a
 .Fl U
 command that writes to flash then auto-erase will be carried out before
-any other programming unless a -T erase commad has been detected
+any other programming unless a -T erase command has been detected
 beforehand and unless flash is read before writing to it. For the purpose
 of this analysis any terminal command is considered to possibly read
 flash.