diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.sgml
index 2871f76589bf6f887da0af2c5ec74ce9a87eb6a9..df474a9bc624453e6901bbdf99786fec3af94178 100644
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.sgml
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ command line, you can override the defaults.
 
 <Para>
 Owing to the vagaries of DLL linking, these hooks don't work under Windows when
-the compiler is built dynamically.
+the program is built dynamically.
 </Para>
 
 <Para>