diff --git a/doc/terminator_config.5 b/doc/terminator_config.5
index 85994f36..02a71dfc 100644
--- a/doc/terminator_config.5
+++ b/doc/terminator_config.5
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ Default value: \fBclose\fR
 Terminals have a 16-colour palette that applications inside the terminal can use. This is that palette, in the form of a colon-separated list of colour names. Colour names should be in hex format e.g. "#FF00FF".
 .TP
 .B word_chars
-When selecting text by word, sequences of these characters are also considered members of single words. The hypen and alphanumerics do not need to be specified. Ranges can be given as "A-Z".
+When selecting text by word, sequences of these characters are also considered members of single words. The hyphen and alphanumerics do not need to be specified. Ranges can be given as "A-Z".
 Default value: \fB',./?%&#:_'\fR
 .TP
 .B mouse_autohide \fR(boolean)