diff --git a/lib/sensors.conf.5 b/lib/sensors.conf.5
index 581e7ab5..4b0b047c 100644
--- a/lib/sensors.conf.5
+++ b/lib/sensors.conf.5
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sensors.conf describes how libsensors, and so all programs using it, should
 translate the raw readings from the kernel modules to real\-world values.
 
 .SH SYNTAX
-Comments are introduces by hash marks. A comment continues to the end of the
+Comments are introduced by hash marks. A comment continues to the end of the
 line. Empty lines, and lines containing only whitespace or comments are 
 ignored.  Other lines have one of the below forms. There must be whitespace
 between each element, but the amount of whitespace is unimportant. A line