diff --git a/docs/writingchecks.html b/docs/writingchecks.html
index 3410a6384..ce43180eb 100644
--- a/docs/writingchecks.html
+++ b/docs/writingchecks.html
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
       methods to provide the dynamic part of the message (mMax in this
       case): <span class="code">log(&quot;too.many.methods&quot;,
       mMax);</span>. Please consult the documentation of Java&apos;s <a
-      href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/java/text/MessageFormat.html">MassageFormat</a>
+      href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/java/text/MessageFormat.html">MessageFormat</a>
       to learn about the syntax of format strings (especially about
       those funny numbers in the translated text).
       </p>