diff --git a/doc/man/salt-cloud.7 b/doc/man/salt-cloud.7
index 8b3ff7caed..cd0886c0b5 100644
--- a/doc/man/salt-cloud.7
+++ b/doc/man/salt-cloud.7
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Salt cloud works primarily by executing a script on the virtual machines as
 soon as they become available. The script that is executed is referenced in
 the cloud profile as the \fBos\fP.
 .sp
-The scipt should eb written in bash and is a Jinja template. Deploy scripts
+The script should be written in bash and is a Jinja template. Deploy scripts
 need to execute a number of functions to do a complete salt setup. These
 functions include:
 .INDENT 0.0