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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
index 958ff3d48be3..12ad3b87b86d 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Note that not all devices support these two calls, and some only
 support the GETBOOTSTATUS call.
 
 Some drivers can measure the temperature using the GETTEMP ioctl.  The
-returned value is the temperature in degrees farenheit.
+returned value is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit.
 
     int temperature;
     ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETTEMP, &temperature);