diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
index b7133de..8eb02ea 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 OS Random Engine
 ----------------
 
-OpenSSL uses a userspace CSPRNG that is seeded from system random (
+OpenSSL uses a user-space CSPRNG that is seeded from system random (
 ``/dev/urandom`` or ``CryptGenRandom``). This CSPRNG is not reseeded
 automatically when a process calls ``fork()``. This can result in situations
 where two different processes can return similar or identical keys and