diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfilecmp.tex b/Doc/lib/libfilecmp.tex
index f380e32..94c1e0c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfilecmp.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfilecmp.tex
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 Construct a new directory comparison object, to compare the
 directories \var{a} and \var{b}. \var{ignore} is a list of names to
 ignore, and defaults to \code{['RCS', 'CVS', 'tags']}. \var{hide} is a
-list of names to hid, and defaults to \code{[os.curdir, os.pardir]}.
+list of names to hide, and defaults to \code{[os.curdir, os.pardir]}.
 \end{classdesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[dircmp]{report}{}