diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html
index 178ec5f89ec..e5350bdb2cf 100644
--- a/docs/submittingpatches.html
+++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 perhaps, in very trivial cases.)
 <li>Code patches should follow Mesa
 <a href="codingstyle.html" target="_parent">coding conventions</a>.
-<li>Whenever possible, patches should only effect individual Mesa/Gallium
+<li>Whenever possible, patches should only affect individual Mesa/Gallium
 components.
 <li>Patches should never introduce build breaks and should be bisectable (see
 <code>git bisect</code>.)