diff --git a/src/lib/asiodns/README b/src/lib/asiodns/README
index 5335e71fec..cdc7ac4488 100644
--- a/src/lib/asiodns/README
+++ b/src/lib/asiodns/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ These DNS server and client routines are written using the "stackless
 coroutine" pattern invented by Chris Kohlhoff and described at
 http://blog.think-async.com/2010/03/potted-guide-to-stackless-coroutines.html.
 This is intended to simplify development a bit, since it allows the
-routines to be written in a straightfowrard step-step-step fashion rather
+routines to be written in a straightforward step-step-step fashion rather
 than as a complex chain of separate handler functions.
 
 Coroutine objects (i.e., UDPServer, TCPServer and IOFetch) are objects