diff --git a/docs/CODING_STYLE.md b/docs/CODING_STYLE.md
index 6ec1d977e3..fcf787d372 100644
--- a/docs/CODING_STYLE.md
+++ b/docs/CODING_STYLE.md
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
   sure to imply `AT_EMPTY_PATH` if an empty or `NULL` path argument is
   specified (and convert that latter to an empty string). This differs from the
   underlying kernel semantics, where `AT_EMPTY_PATH` must always be specified
-  explicitly, and `NULL` is not acepted as path.
+  explicitly, and `NULL` is not accepted as path.
 
 ## Command Line