diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index ce6581c..4499bd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@
     models depending on the codec chip.  The list of available models
     is found in HD-Audio-Models.txt
 
-    The model name "genric" is treated as a special case.  When this
+    The model name "generic" is treated as a special case.  When this
     model is given, the driver uses the generic codec parser without
     "codec-patch".  It's sometimes good for testing and debugging.