diff --git a/ipa-client/man/default.conf.5 b/ipa-client/man/default.conf.5
index d5cef5b36..c7790c823 100644
--- a/ipa-client/man/default.conf.5
+++ b/ipa-client/man/default.conf.5
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Note: logger names are a dot ('.') separated list forming a path
 in the logger tree.  The dot character is also a regular
 expression metacharacter (matches any character) therefore you
 will usually need to escape the dot in the logger names by
-preceeding it with a backslash.
+preceding it with a backslash.
 .TP
 .B mode <mode>
 Specifies the mode the server is running in. The currently support values are \fBproduction\fR and \fBdevelopment\fR. When running in production mode some self\-tests are skipped to improve performance.