diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index e9935c3f3..00ed82888 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg.texi
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ read from STDIN.  If only a one argument is given, it is expected to
 be a complete signature.
 
 With more than 1 argument, the first should be a detached signature
-and the remaining files ake up the the signed data. To read the signed
+and the remaining files make up the the signed data. To read the signed
 data from STDIN, use @samp{-} as the second filename.  For security
 reasons a detached signature cannot read the signed material from
 STDIN without denoting it in the above way.