diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 7d9aad2a7e..39cfa05b28 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ may have uses for this information
 	'original-oid' SP <object-identifier> LF
 ....
 
-where `<object-identifer>` is any string not containing LF.
+where `<object-identifier>` is any string not containing LF.
 
 `tag`
 ~~~~~