diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml
index 68134c0ab4d1..0e0453f39e73 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describing an IR signal are read from the chardev.</para>
 <para>The data written to the chardev is a pulse/space sequence of integer
 values. Pulses and spaces are only marked implicitly by their position. The
 data must start and end with a pulse, therefore, the data must always include
-an unevent number of samples. The write function must block until the data has
+an uneven number of samples. The write function must block until the data has
 been transmitted by the hardware.</para>
 </section>