diff --git a/lisp/composite.el b/lisp/composite.el
index c5a41be23ec..5b01718fc71 100644
--- a/lisp/composite.el
+++ b/lisp/composite.el
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ MOD-FUNC is a modification function of the composition.
 
 WIDTH is a number of columns the composition occupies on the screen.
 
-When Automatic Compostion mode is on, this function also finds a
+When Automatic Composition mode is on, this function also finds a
 chunk of text that is automatically composed.  If such a chunk is
 found closer to POS than the position that has `composition'
 property, the value is a list of FROM, TO, and a glyph-string