diff --git a/examples/xhtml.html b/examples/xhtml.html
index a3c6ebd988..c60fefa6a0 100644
--- a/examples/xhtml.html
+++ b/examples/xhtml.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <div id="tags">
     </div>
     <p id="shortdesc">
-        Shows openlayers runnig in a XHTML 1.0 Strict Doctype
+        Shows openlayers running in a XHTML 1.0 Strict Doctype
     </p>
 
   <div id="map" class="smallmap"></div>