1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/cygwin/README b/contrib/cygwin/README
index 250baa3a4..3745051f5 100644
--- a/contrib/cygwin/README
+++ b/contrib/cygwin/README
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Options:
 Please note that OpenSSH does never use the value of $HOME to
 search for the users configuration files! It always uses the
 value of the pw_dir field in /etc/passwd as the home directory.
-If no home diretory is set in /etc/passwd, the root directory
+If no home directory is set in /etc/passwd, the root directory
 is used instead!
 
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