diff --git a/theories/tactics.v b/theories/tactics.v
index ba96fdedfd3592d591e0c930ecab2db71d1cb304..6ed5877f2f3d257943cd021c8f2e9fa7b3b42d4b 100644
--- a/theories/tactics.v
+++ b/theories/tactics.v
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Note that the obvious alternative [open_constr (_:T)] has subtly different
 behavior, see std++ issue 115.
 
 Usually, Ltacs cannot return a value and have a side-effect, but we use the
-trickd escribed at
+trick described at
 <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45949064/check-for-evars-in-a-tactic-that-returns-a-value/46178884#46178884>
 to work around that: wrap the side-effect in a [match goal]. *)
 Ltac mk_evar T :=