diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md
index 8ddee3b75..5f60dff06 100644
--- a/doc/build-unix.md
+++ b/doc/build-unix.md
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ tar -xzvf db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
 
 # Build the library and install to our prefix
 cd db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix/
-#  Note: Do a static build so that it can be embedded into the exectuable, instead of having to find a .so at runtime
+#  Note: Do a static build so that it can be embedded into the executable, instead of having to find a .so at runtime
 ../dist/configure --enable-cxx --disable-shared --with-pic --prefix=$BDB_PREFIX
 make install