diff --git a/linPEAS/README.md b/linPEAS/README.md
index ddc8efb..45b2903 100755
--- a/linPEAS/README.md
+++ b/linPEAS/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The goal of this script is to search for possible **Privilege Escalation Paths**
 
 This script doesn't have any dependency.
 
-It uses **/bin/sh** sintax, so can run in anything supporting `sh` (and the binaries and parameters used).
+It uses **/bin/sh** syntax, so can run in anything supporting `sh` (and the binaries and parameters used).
 
 By default, **linpeas won't write anything to disk and won't try to login as any other user using `su`**.