diff --git a/docs/source/faq.rst b/docs/source/faq.rst
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@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Does Gunicorn suffer from the thundering herd problem?
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 The thundering herd problem occurs when many sleeping request handlers, which
-may be either threads or processes, wake up at the same time to handle an new
+may be either threads or processes, wake up at the same time to handle a new
 request. Since only one handler will receive the request, the others will have
 been awakened for no reaon, wasting CPU cycles. At this time, Gunicorn does not
 implement any IPC solution for coordinating between worker processes. You may