diff --git a/doc/faq.rst b/doc/faq.rst
index 19879d817..b26398f8c 100644
--- a/doc/faq.rst
+++ b/doc/faq.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The error here is that the tilde ``~`` in ``"~/documents"`` didn't get expanded
     /home/john/documents
 
     $ echo "~/documents"
-    ~/document
+    ~/documents
 
     $ echo "$HOME/documents"
     /home/john/documents