diff --git a/sshfs.rst b/sshfs.rst
index 58688721..f0bf7e16 100644
--- a/sshfs.rst
+++ b/sshfs.rst
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ SSHFS hangs for no apparent reason
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 In some cases, attempts to access the SSHFS mountpoint may freeze if
-no filesystem activity has occured for some time. This is typically
+no filesystem activity has occurred for some time. This is typically
 caused by the SSH connection being dropped because of inactivity
 without SSHFS being informed about that. As a workaround, you can try
 to mount with ``-o ServerAliveInterval=15``. This will force the SSH