diff --git a/cranelift/docs/regalloc.rst b/cranelift/docs/regalloc.rst
index 8f8781a520..74bd6e8575 100644
--- a/cranelift/docs/regalloc.rst
+++ b/cranelift/docs/regalloc.rst
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ The interference can be resolved by isolating the SSA values passed as EBB argum
         return v3
     }
 
-Now the EBB argument is ``v5`` which is *not* isself live into ``ebb1``,
+Now the EBB argument is ``v5`` which is *not* itself live into ``ebb1``,
 resolving the interference.
 
 The coalescing pass groups the SSA values into sets called *virtual registers*