diff --git a/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst b/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst
index b2d2ba754e..fef2fff434 100644
--- a/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst
+++ b/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Compiling from Source
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 There also are instructions for :ref:`compiling LAMMPS-GUI from source
-code <lammps_gui_compilation>` avilable elsewhere in the manual.
+code <lammps_gui_compilation>` available elsewhere in the manual.
 Compilation from source *requires* using CMake.
 
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