diff --git a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
index 2096a34..8effaf5 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
@@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@
     Debug, DebugSpecial, DebugString, DebugBoolean, DebugType
 which are used for the statement itself, special characters used in debug
 strings, strings, boolean constants and types (this, super) respectively.  I
-have opted to chose another background for those statements.
+have opted to choose another background for those statements.
 
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 creates HTML pages.  The standard configuration will highlight this HTML code