diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 95454698f969..fd95a9ad4796 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -8261,7 +8261,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
    :term:`QB_SMP`
 
       When using ``runqemu``, the :term:`QB_SMP` variable controls
-      amount of CPU cores made availalble inside the QEMU guest, each mapped to
+      amount of CPU cores made available inside the QEMU guest, each mapped to
       a thread on the host.
 
       For example::