diff --git a/docs/KNOWN_BUGS b/docs/KNOWN_BUGS
index ac5bf78ec0..0ae0af1c4e 100644
--- a/docs/KNOWN_BUGS
+++ b/docs/KNOWN_BUGS
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ problems may have been fixed or changed somewhat since this was written.
 
 17.4 HTTP/2 + TLS spends a lot of time in recv
 
- It has been observered that by making the speed limit less accurate we could
+ It has been observed that by making the speed limit less accurate we could
  improve this performance. (by reverting
  https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/db5c9f4f9e0779b49624752b135281a0717b277b)
  Can we find a golden middle ground?