diff --git a/manual/threads.texi b/manual/threads.texi
index 4ab0622443..5bcfe32d6a 100644
--- a/manual/threads.texi
+++ b/manual/threads.texi
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ Model Aware Atomic Operations, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler Collection
 
 @smallexample
 if (__libc_single_threaded)
-  ++refeference_count;
+  ++reference_count;
 else
   __atomic_fetch_add (&reference_count, 1, __ATOMIC_ACQ_REL);
 @end smallexample