diff --git a/doc/fixes36.1 b/doc/fixes36.1
index adab9a96a..a54728019 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.1
+++ b/doc/fixes36.1
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ don't give "you cannot pass through the bars" when travel is testing possible
 	paths in the vicinity of iron bars
 if blind and no gloves, using 'm<dir>' to move and then 'e' could be used to
 	locate cockatrice corpse without fatal touching (by declining to eat)
-it's cannabilism for a were<foo> to eat a <foo> corpse
+it's cannibalism for a were<foo> to eat a <foo> corpse
 conduct: wishing for an artifact and not getting it because it already exists
 	counts as wishing for an artifact, just like when not getting it
 	because of quest restrictions or too many artifacts in play does