diff --git a/docs/socat-examples.txt b/docs/socat-examples.txt
index e5160bc4..d33e02d5 100644
--- a/docs/socat-examples.txt
+++ b/docs/socat-examples.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $ socat -T 0.1 pipe pipe
// incoming data back to client
$ socat TCP-LISTEN:8000,crlf SYSTEM:"echo HTTP/1.0 200; echo Content-Type\: text/plain; echo; cat"
-// a less primitive HTTP echo server that sends back not only the reqest but
+// a less primitive HTTP echo server that sends back not only the request but
// also server and client address and port. Might have portability issues with
// echo
./socat -T 1 -d -d tcp-l:10081,reuseaddr,fork,crlf system:"echo -e \"\\\"HTTP/1.0 200 OK\\\nDocumentType: text/html\\\n\\\ndate: \$\(date\)
server:\$SOCAT_SOCKADDR:\$SOCAT_SOCKPORT
client: \$SOCAT_PEERADDR:\$SOCAT_PEERPORT\\\n\\\"\"; cat; echo -e \"\\\"\\\n
\\\"\""