diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi
index 10f8900ca..65df9708b 100644
--- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ transitioned from using MD5 to the more secure SHA256.
 
 @item --auto-expand-secmem @var{n}
 @opindex auto-expand-secmem
-gAllow Libgcrypt to expand its secure memory area as required.  The
+Allow Libgcrypt to expand its secure memory area as required.  The
 optional value @var{n} is a non-negative integer with a suggested size
 in bytes of each additionally allocated secure memory area.  The value
 is rounded up to the next 32 KiB; usual C style prefixes are allowed.