diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 4412bca9da..ff772e6a54 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ run the following command:
 ./scripts/parallelBuild.sh
 ```
 
-To use eight 8 cores, run the following command:
+To use eight 8 cores, run thke following command:
 
 ```
 CORES=8 ./scripts/parallelBuild.sh