diff --git a/doc/src/fix_nvt_sllod.txt b/doc/src/fix_nvt_sllod.txt
index fbc3143af3a427938873f2766a29d4020ec5b3ec..7a350e48b5fe81fd9fbf8f6802b7d5e3ef17f6a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/fix_nvt_sllod.txt
+++ b/doc/src/fix_nvt_sllod.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ implementation used for the "fix nvt"_fix_nh.html command.
 
 NOTE: A recent (2017) book by "(Daivis and Todd)"_#Daivis-sllod
 discusses use of the SLLOD method and non-equilibrium MD (NEMD)
-thermosttating generally, for both simple and complex fluids,
+thermostatting generally, for both simple and complex fluids,
 e.g. molecular systems.  The latter can be tricky to do correctly.
 
 Additional parameters affecting the thermostat are specified by