diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
index d8ccc114..0c413363 100644
--- a/debian/README.Debian
+++ b/debian/README.Debian
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Other sources for documentation
   ftp://ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/wmaker/docs/
 
   Please note the manual documents version 0.10.x of Window Maker, and
-  many features/changes have occured since then.  To find out what has
+  many features/changes have occurred since then.  To find out what has
   changed, please read file:/usr/share/doc/wmaker/NEWS.gz and
   file:/usr/share/doc/wmaker/changelog.gz.  A new version of this manual is
   being developed.  If you want to contribute to the manual please