diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi b/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
index 5fa4809293..2d814c0fb9 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ If no input file is given, audio/video grabbing is done.
 
 As a general rule, options are applied to the next specified
 file. Therefore, order is important, and you can have the same
-option on the command line multiple times. Each occurence is
+option on the command line multiple times. Each occurrence is
 then applied to the next input or output file.
 
 * To set the video bitrate of the output file to 64kbit/s: