diff --git a/doc/opustags.1 b/doc/opustags.1
index f9c9b3f..96b4085 100644
--- a/doc/opustags.1
+++ b/doc/opustags.1
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ option, please submit a bug report (see the bottom of the page).
 Edition mode. The input file will be read, its tags edited, then written to the
 specified output file. If \fIFILE\fP is \fB\-\fP then the resulting Opus file
 will be written to standard output. The output file can't be the same as the
-input file, use \fB\-\-in\-place\fP instead. This option may be specied at most
-once.
+input file, use \fB\-\-in\-place\fP instead. This option may be specified at
+most once.
 .TP
 .B \-i, \-\-in\-place \fR[\fP\fISUFFIX\fP\fR]\fP
 Use this when you want to modify the input file in\-place. This creates a