diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/ant.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/ant.html
index 8a12dce3b..9cf800778 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/ant.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/ant.html
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ targets so specified, in the order specified.</p>
   be the value specified on the command line - no matter how deeply
   nested into layers of build files the task may be.</p>
 
-<p>The samae happens if the basedir is specified as a
+<p>The same happens if the basedir is specified as a
   nested <code>&lt;property&gt;</code> of an <code>&lt;ant&gt;</code>
   task.  The basedir of build files started at deeper levels will be
   set to the specified value of the property element unless the