diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgetopt.tex b/Doc/lib/libgetopt.tex
index 7fe950f..3d582eb 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libgetopt.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libgetopt.tex
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 \var{options} should be an empty string.  Long options on the command
 line can be recognized so long as they provide a prefix of the option
 name that matches exactly one of the accepted options.  For example,
-it \var{long_options} is \code{['foo', 'frob']}, the option
+if \var{long_options} is \code{['foo', 'frob']}, the option
 \longprogramopt{fo} will match as \longprogramopt{foo}, but
 \longprogramopt{f} will not match uniquely, so \exception{GetoptError}
 will be raised.