diff --git a/Doc/Sd1/LanguageFundamentals/languageFundamentals.xml b/Doc/Sd1/LanguageFundamentals/languageFundamentals.xml
index 1369c5967806f759901975a70df51fdb9bdde17c..ba277f0bae9d2262c49128e95b5333d55c03fa83 100644
--- a/Doc/Sd1/LanguageFundamentals/languageFundamentals.xml
+++ b/Doc/Sd1/LanguageFundamentals/languageFundamentals.xml
@@ -3677,7 +3677,7 @@ System.out.println("Maximum short value:" + MAXIMUM);</programlisting>
                     <m:mo>]</m:mo>
                   </m:mrow>
                 </m:math>
-              </inlineequation> and tus cannot be assigned to a <code
+              </inlineequation> and thus cannot be assigned to a <code
             language="java">short</code> variable.</para>
 
             <para>The cast cuts off the two leading bytes of