diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index aeb7bc52f5..4fc6b6f077 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -3243,7 +3243,7 @@ the ``-netdev user,guestfwd=ARGS'' argument instead.
 
 @subsection -net vlan (since 2.9.0)
 
-The ``-net van=NN'' argument is partially replaced with the
+The ``-net vlan=NN'' argument is partially replaced with the
 new ``-netdev'' argument. The remaining use cases will no
 longer be directly supported in QEMU.