diff --git a/wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt b/wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt
index 76f750a5ad..142a8a8a7f 100644
--- a/wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt
+++ b/wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ place, then do the same for wxPython.
 
    If you would like to do a Unicode enabled build (all strings sent
    to or retruned from wx functions are Unicode objects) and your
-   wxWidgets was built with unicod enabled then add this flag::
+   wxWidgets was built with unicode enabled then add this flag::
 
          UNICODE=1