diff --git a/doc/8-differences-between-icinga-1x-and-2.md b/doc/8-differences-between-icinga-1x-and-2.md
index 7ba08e2ea..e8f4187d4 100644
--- a/doc/8-differences-between-icinga-1x-and-2.md
+++ b/doc/8-differences-between-icinga-1x-and-2.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Icinga 2 supports wildcard includes and relative paths, e.g. for including
     include "conf.d/*.conf"
 
 If you want to include files and directories recursively, you need to define
-a seperate option and add the directory and an option pattern.
+a separate option and add the directory and an option pattern.
 
     include_recursive "conf.d" "*.conf"