diff --git a/manual/edit.rst b/manual/edit.rst
index 82f47b5c33..8569337523 100644
--- a/manual/edit.rst
+++ b/manual/edit.rst
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ previous section.
 You can create a checkpoint via :guilabel:`Edit->Create checkpoint`. And go back
 to a previous checkpoint with :guilabel:`Edit->Revert to ...`
 
-The checkpointing functionality is in addition to the normal Undo/redo
+The check pointing functionality is in addition to the normal Undo/redo
 mechanism when editing individual files. Checkpoints are particularly useful
 for when changes are spread over multiple files in the book or when you wish to
 be able to revert a large group of related changes as a whole.