diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
index 80e2293f16e1b5d20c7c4f499b84bb0810f8a541..0027d5f7d40fb36abffd4f3064a90ddee741f04b 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 
         <listitem>
             <para>
-                GHC now has a parallel compilataion driver. When
+                GHC now has a parallel compilation driver. When
                 compiling with <literal>--make</literal> (which is on
                 by default,) you may also specify
                 <literal>-jN</literal> in order to compile