Fix some typos

[chaz/tar] / doc / dumpdir.texi

diff --git a/doc/dumpdir.texi b/doc/dumpdir.texi
index ab917c0b787c6eda7fd010b79255d84b1e87739c..73b173687195284ef8b34a9e3d34cc3bc88be41e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/dumpdir.texi
+++ b/doc/dumpdir.texi
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ corresponding directory, in variable @code{GNU.dumpdir}.
 @item GNU and old GNU archives
 
 These formats implement special header type @samp{D}, which is similar
-to ustar header @samp{5} (directory), except that it preceeds a data
+to ustar header @samp{5} (directory), except that it precedes a data
 block containing the dumpdir.
 @end itemize