diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
index 904e4eb37f99..34aa334320ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ monitoring and observability operations, thus, bypass *scope* permissions
 checks in the kernel. CAP_PERFMON implements the principle of least
 privilege [13]_ (POSIX 1003.1e: 2.2.2.39) for performance monitoring and
 observability operations in the kernel and provides a secure approach to
-perfomance monitoring and observability in the system.
+performance monitoring and observability in the system.
 
 For backward compatibility reasons the access to perf_events monitoring and
 observability operations is also open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileged