diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index a43ea2126f..8999686b89 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
                           675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
- of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+ of this licekknse document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
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