diff --git a/spec/class.dd b/spec/class.dd
index 020bd7c016..19a10b4306 100644
--- a/spec/class.dd
+++ b/spec/class.dd
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ $(H3 $(LNAME2 field-init, Field initialization inside constructor))
         ------
 
     $(P If the assignment expression for the field initialization may be invoked
-        multiple times, it would als be rejected.
+        multiple times, it would also be rejected.
     )
 
         ------