diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
index 14ecdbd66c..e58e75d96d 100644
--- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ be the maintainer of that test case.
 Within the Buildroot repository, the testing framework is organized at the
 top level in +support/testing/+ by folders of +conf+, +infra+ and +tests+.
 All the test cases live under the +test+ folder and are organized in various
-folders representing the catagory of test.
+folders representing the category of test.
 
 Lets walk through an example.