diff --git a/doc/scoped_enum.qbk b/doc/scoped_enum.qbk
index e943d90..a9e95f4 100644
--- a/doc/scoped_enum.qbk
+++ b/doc/scoped_enum.qbk
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Explicit conversion to the underlying type should be performed with `boost::unde
 
     unsigned int val = boost::underlying_cast< unsigned int >(ev);
 
-In C++03, scoped enums behave differently in case of calling an overloaded function when one overload takes a scoped enum as a paramter, and the other takes a parameter of an integral type. Consider the following code:
+In C++03, scoped enums behave differently in case of calling an overloaded function when one overload takes a scoped enum as a parameter, and the other takes a parameter of an integral type. Consider the following code:
 
     enum enum_regular { REGULAR_A, REGULAR_B };