diff --git a/docs/manual/migrating.adoc b/docs/manual/migrating.adoc
index c0f89cbf07..ff4fc1c7a3 100644
--- a/docs/manual/migrating.adoc
+++ b/docs/manual/migrating.adoc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ $ echo 'name: NAME_OF_YOUR_TREE' >external.desc
 Be careful when choosing a name: It has to be unique and be made
 with only ASCII characters from the set +[A-Za-z0-9_]+.
 
- * Then, change every occurence of +BR2_EXTERNAL+ in your br2-external
+ * Then, change every occurrence of +BR2_EXTERNAL+ in your br2-external
    tree with the new variable:
 +
 ----