diff --git a/source/meta.tex b/source/meta.tex
index b9758279b1..c862a960fd 100644
--- a/source/meta.tex
+++ b/source/meta.tex
@@ -3158,7 +3158,7 @@
 If \tcode{what} can be represented in the ordinary literal encoding,
 initializes \exposid{what_} with \tcode{what},
 transcoded from UTF-8 to the ordinary literal encoding.
-Otherwhise, \exposid{what_} is value-initialized.
+Otherwise, \exposid{what_} is value-initialized.
 \end{itemdescr}
 
 \indexlibraryctor{exception}%