diff --git a/doc/stdenv.xml b/doc/stdenv.xml
index 26190debc29..c54901a93eb 100644
--- a/doc/stdenv.xml
+++ b/doc/stdenv.xml
@@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@ addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" myBashFunction
      <listitem>
       <para>
        This hook will make a build pause instead of stopping when a failure
-       happen. It prevents nix to cleanup the build environment immediatly and
+       happen. It prevents nix from cleaning up the build environment immediately and
        allows the user to attach to a build environment using the
        <command>cntr</command> command. On build error it will print the
        instruction that are neccessary for <command>cntr</command>. Installing