diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/hash-languages.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/hash-languages.scrbl
index 3ffb116aaa..bf918bedd3 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/hash-languages.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/hash-languages.scrbl
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ treats its entire body as literal text and exports the text as a
 
 The @filepath{literal.rkt} language uses @racket[strip-context] on the
 generated @racket[module] expression, because a
-@racketidfont{read-syntax} function should return a syntax obejct with
+@racketidfont{read-syntax} function should return a syntax object with
 no lexical context. Also, the @filepath{literal.rkt} language creates
 a module named @racketidfont{anything}, which is an arbitrary choice;
 the language is intended to be used in a file, and the longhand module