diff --git a/smartmontools-5.40-manfix.patch b/smartmontools-5.40-manfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aab551d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smartmontools-5.40-manfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -up smartmontools-5.40/smartctl.8.in.manfix smartmontools-5.40/smartctl.8.in
+--- smartmontools-5.40/smartctl.8.in.manfix	2010-10-16 15:09:11.000000000 +0200
++++ smartmontools-5.40/smartctl.8.in	2011-03-11 15:10:58.987936399 +0100
+@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ SL directory by \'\-l directory,q\' or \
+ 
+ .I background
+ \- [SCSI only] the background scan results log outputs information derived
+-from Background Media Scans (BMS) done after power up and/or periodocally
++from Background Media Scans (BMS) done after power up and/or periodically
+ (e.g. every 24 hours) on recent SCSI disks. If supported, the BMS status
+ is output first, indicating whether a background scan is currently
+ underway (and if so a progress percentage), the amount of time the disk
+@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ has been powered up and the number of sc
+ is a header and a line for each background scan "event". These will
+ typically be either recovered or unrecoverable errors. That latter group
+ may need some attention. There is a description of the background scan
+-mechansim in section 4.18 of SBC\-3 revision 6 (see www.t10.org ).
++mechanism in section 4.18 of SBC\-3 revision 6 (see www.t10.org ).
+ 
+ .I scttemp, scttempsts, scttemphist
+ \- [ATA only] prints the disk temperature information provided by the
diff --git a/smartmontools.spec b/smartmontools.spec
index 907ad3a..e1b6884 100644
--- a/smartmontools.spec
+++ b/smartmontools.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:	Tools for monitoring SMART capable hard disks
 Name:		smartmontools
 Version:	5.40
-Release:	8%{?dist}
+Release:	9%{?dist}
 Epoch:		1
 Group:		System Environment/Base
 License:	GPLv2+
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Patch1:		smartmontools-5.38-defaultconf.patch
 #from upstream, for smartmontools <= 5.40
 Patch2:         smartmontools-5.40-megaraid.patch
 
+Patch3:         smartmontools-5.40-manfix.patch
+
 BuildRoot:	%(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 Requires:	fileutils mailx chkconfig
 #new rpm does not handle this (yet?)
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ failure.
 %setup -q 
 %patch1 -p1 -b .defaultconf
 %patch2 -p1 -b .megaraid
+%patch3 -p1 -b .manfix
 
 # fix encoding
 for fe in AUTHORS CHANGELOG
@@ -114,6 +117,9 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 11 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 1:5.40-9
+- fix typos in man page
+
 * Fri Mar 04 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 1:5.40-8
 - don't call chkconfig add, we use systemd now