diff --git a/docs/users_guide/safe_haskell.xml b/docs/users_guide/safe_haskell.xml
index abca32a71f5bbe204e491c49319685c57e336fb5..5c9bc6736532697b831071564f7c2c0ac73236c9 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/safe_haskell.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/safe_haskell.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       Haskell code easier to analyze and reason about. It also codifies an
       existing culture in the Haskell community of trying to avoid using such
       unsafe functions unless absolutely necessary. As such using the safe
-      language (through the <option>-XSafe</option> flag) can be though of as a
+      language (through the <option>-XSafe</option> flag) can be thought of as a
       way of enforcing good style, similar to the function of
       <option>-Wall</option>.
     </sect3>