diff --git a/docs/manual/properties.html b/docs/manual/properties.html
index 480b26c60..798abd551 100644
--- a/docs/manual/properties.html
+++ b/docs/manual/properties.html
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public class ToStringEvaluator implements PropertyHelper.PropertyEvaluator {
 
   <h2>Nesting of Braces</h2>
 
-  <p>In its default configuration Ant will not try to ballance braces
+  <p>In its default configuration Ant will not try to balance braces
     in property expansions, it will only consume the text up to the
     first closing brace when creating a property name.  I.e. when
     expanding something like <code>${a${b}}</code> it will be